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Putting thrusters on the tether wasn’t even the craziest idea.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Regarding power, the newcomer is equipped with twin MAN V-12 engines and two 50 kW electric bow thrusters that enable a maximum speed of 17 knots and a cruising speed of 15 knots.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
The current design of Zipline’s Platform 2 Droid is built around a large thruster in the rear and two smaller thrusters at the front and back.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
It also sports bow and stern thrusters that make docking a breeze.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
The test successfully demonstrated the performance of the company's oxygen-hydrogen engine, which is based on a ring of 30 thrusters; the ability to throttle this engine and its thrust vector control system; as well as the vehicle's avionics, software, and ground systems.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
Amazonians liken the power of the thruster to a flap of a dragonfly’s wings, which, fired for hours in the vacuum of space, can overcome gravity’s pull.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
Engineers are working on the issue but currently, the thrusters can only operate for 40 more hours at most.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
Quick-thinking Astrobotic engineers used Peregrine’s small control thrusters to counteract the jetting propellant, successfully stabilizing the spacecraft and pointing its solar panels toward the sun to charge onboard batteries.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Regarding power, the newcomer is equipped with twin MAN V-12 engines and two 50 kW electric bow thrusters that enable a maximum speed of 17 knots and a cruising speed of 15 knots.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
The current design of Zipline’s Platform 2 Droid is built around a large thruster in the rear and two smaller thrusters at the front and back.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
It also sports bow and stern thrusters that make docking a breeze.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
The test successfully demonstrated the performance of the company's oxygen-hydrogen engine, which is based on a ring of 30 thrusters; the ability to throttle this engine and its thrust vector control system; as well as the vehicle's avionics, software, and ground systems.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
Amazonians liken the power of the thruster to a flap of a dragonfly’s wings, which, fired for hours in the vacuum of space, can overcome gravity’s pull.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
Engineers are working on the issue but currently, the thrusters can only operate for 40 more hours at most.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
Quick-thinking Astrobotic engineers used Peregrine’s small control thrusters to counteract the jetting propellant, successfully stabilizing the spacecraft and pointing its solar panels toward the sun to charge onboard batteries.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
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thruster
noun
thrust·er
ˈthrəs-tər 
: one that thrusts
especially
: an engine that produces thrust by discharging a jet of fluid or a stream of particles
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