Asteroid-eating infinite thruster

Built and deployed in space, new plasma rockets that burn metals could power long-range spacecraft.

The Super Magdrive – a seminal technology and namesake of its British-based space tech startup, Magdrive, can use any metal, including iron, as a fuel source to power long-range spacecraft farther for longer. These new bullet-shaped thrusters can technically be infinitely refueled on the go by the m...