To heck with FAA regulations, do some space FPV with a ion thruster

GPS · Jul 8, 2013

The CAT plasma thruster will propel a 5kg satellite into deep space, far beyond Earth orbit, at 1/1000th the cost of previous missions.

Send your name and message into interplanetary space engraved on gold panels!

The Future of Space Exploration

We are currently developing the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT), a new plasma propulsion system which will push small spacecraft like CubeSats around in orbit or far beyond the Earth.

This new thruster technology will enable us to send low-cost satellites from the Earth to distant destinations in the Solar System. You can be a part of space exploration history! By contributing to the CAT, you can help future spacecraft make amazing discoveries about extraterrestrial bodies and further our understanding of the near-Earth environment, the Solar System, and beyond. Who knows, maybe we’ll even be able to find life on those beckoning watery moons of Jupiter or Saturn!
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Source:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597141632/cat-a-thruster-for-interplanetary-cubesats

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