Real Martians Moment: The Push for the Future

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Tom Kerslake is a solar array engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. Tom is helping develop the solar arrays for the Asteroid Redirect Mission. You could say that solar (more specifically solar electric propulsion) could help provide the “push” future spacecraft need to travel safely and efficiently to and from Mars and other deep space destinations. Imagine being able to travel to Mars in a fraction of the time it currently takes. That’s what’s possible with solar electric propulsion, why this technology could be truly game changing and why it is a priority on NASA’s “to do” list!...