Innovation
ION-X start-up: from nanotechnology to spacecraft propulsion
… in collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space (ADS). ION-X was born from the meeting of Jacques Gierak, a research … ionic liquids used as fuel for space thrusters. In 2017, he was asked by the Centre national d'études spatiales … very fine tip, he conceived of making them start from a plane, namely a surface of one square centimetre. By putting …
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