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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Dr. Kim, whose commendable career includes the creation of a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is on an ambitious mission.

TIL Falcon 9 uses plasma thrusters. (I'm reasonably confident it does not.)

Did the author mean the hall-effect thrusters used on Starlink?