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The Presse.com - all fast www.issen: "The idea is 20 years old and comes from Manfred Hettmer, president Austrian Mars Society: With the help of one on 'Alfven waves' of based plasma propulsion the thrust of a rocket can be drastically reduced increased, at the same time the fuel consumption, so the idea.

And actually, according to tests the plasma propulsion leads to a fuel saving of approximately 90 per cent - and that is not little thing"