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Re:Engineering for the Long Haul, the Nasa Way by oso2k on Monday March 11, 2019 @06:37PM (#19363555)
Wrong [0][1]. They still do a lot of propulsion. :D They just primarily focus on robotics now with lots of work in landing systems and spacecraft (orbiters).

[0] https://sec353ext.jpl.nasa.gov/ep/

[1] https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/micropropulsion-la...

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Re:Engineering for the Long Haul, the Nasa Way by starpilot on Monday March 11, 2019 @06:57PM (#19363697)
That's not jet propulsion. Electric propulsion (ion thrusters) is very different from jet propulsion (air turbines). The NASA facility doing the most work with jets to my knowledge is Glenn in Ohio.
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Re:Engineering for the Long Haul, the Nasa Way by zkms on Monday March 11, 2019 @08:05PM (#19364148)
Yeah, and the "Aerojet" corporation never made air-breathing turbomachinery and "JATO units" were rockets, despite "JATO" standing for "jet assisted take off".
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