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Re:First firing of air-breathing electric thruster by flukus on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @02:22AM (#16527417)
So "air collecting" or "mass collecting" would be more accurate since it doesn't really breath like a typical air breathing engine?
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Re:First firing of air-breathing electric thruster by andrewwharton on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @02:43AM (#16527495)
It doesn't accelerate the air like a typical air breathing engine, but it certainly ingests the air like one. It's basically a ramjet but uses electric charge to accelerate the exhaust gas rather than hydrocarbons.
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