09-08-2016 21:44 via digitaltrends.com

Watch a nanoscale rocket engine thruster ‘take off’ under an electron microscope

Electrospray thruster offer a form of propulsion by firing ions into space at extreme seeds. But there’s a catch — spikes can emerge from these tiny engines and interfere with the ions by turning them into solids.
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