Sir-Realz t1_ja99bvf wrote
Reply to comment by -Major-Arcana- in Could the international space station be repurposed as an interplanetary vessel, a La For All Mankind? by -Major-Arcana-
I would propose hyperbolic booster fired in stages and then a fission thruster to do the heavy lifting once the station was a comfortable distance from earth for the radioactive exhaust not to radiate the entire planet. Ion may have a future but would probably require a fission reactor to power it anyway. but I don't think they have even tested them in space yet. One was supposed to ride on the artimis launch but failed.
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