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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
    • Subject Terms:
      CHANG-Diaz, Franklin
    • Abstract:
      Provides information on the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) of U.S. astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz. Use of radio waves to heat a stream of ionized gas of VASIMR; Scientific liaisons established by Díaz with the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the project; Exhaust velocities produced by VASIMR compared with other conventional ion-drive engines; Decision of U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration to assess VASIMR's readiness for space exploration.