{"id":205975,"date":"2025-02-09T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/spacecraft-fueled-by-water-plasma-thrusters-promise-deep-space-travel"},"modified":"2025-02-09T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:04:50","slug":"spacecraft-fueled-by-water-plasma-thrusters-promise-deep-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/spacecraft-fueled-by-water-plasma-thrusters-promise-deep-space-travel","title":{"rendered":"Spacecraft fueled by water: Plasma thrusters promise deep space travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/spacecraft-fueled-by-water-plasma-thrusters-promise-deep-space-travel.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standardization of water-based propulsion is in fact a fundamental step forward to make space technologies more accessible and sustainable, also paving the way for other possible applications,\u201d the researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.unibo.it\/archivio\/2025\/02\/05\/usare-l2019acqua-come-nuovo-carburante-spaziale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several developments have taken place to enhance the efficiency of space propulsion technologies. Recently, scientists tested <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/lightsail-propulsion-interstellar-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">reflective sails<\/a> that use the pressure from lasers or starlight to propel spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, scientists are also investigating the concept of antimatter rocket propulsion technology to make deep space exploration viable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe standardization of water-based propulsion is in fact a fundamental step forward to make space technologies more accessible and sustainable, also paving the way for other possible applications,\u201d the researchers concluded. Several developments have taken place to enhance the efficiency of space propulsion technologies. Recently, scientists tested reflective sails that use the pressure from lasers [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}