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by elihu 2132 days ago
> The most recent tests of VASIMR have run at 200 kW and expelled ions at 180,000 km/h

Is this the power consumed by the device, or a measurement of the propulsion power created? It would be interesting to know the energy efficiency; i.e. what percentage of the input power is converted to thrust.

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At least 60%.