Ionizing Rocket Exhaust for Greater Thrust Tuesday, 28 December 2010 21:04 |  Written by Andrew Edwards |  |  | 
The greatest advancement to jet aviation since the first Heinkel He178 V1 took off was, of course, the afterburner. The greatest thing that could happen to the scientific community would be if it was possible to create an afterburner-like system for a rocket engine, but you cannot ignite a gas that is already ignited, and even if you could it would melt your nozzle. What you could do though, is ionize and accelerate the already ignited gas to propel the rocket much faster, combining the concepts of Gridded Electrostatic Ion Thrusters and a Normal solid, liquid, or hybrid rocket. Last Updated (Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:11)
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