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need a tiny ppt thruster?


Nuke

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I remember a description claiming that blasting a piece of PVC was a good way for cubesats to move around.  I think the idea was to vaporize the PVC (not quite as advance as turning it into plasma) and use that as rocket exhaust.  Presumably using an electric arc to vaporize a bit of PVC.

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