I think something similar to this is the idea behind the so-called ion propulsion systems.

The ion propulsion engine initially failed after 4.5 minutes of operation.

This results in an acceleration of around 1 ms, much faster than traditional ion propulsion systems.

The mission was the second to use ion propulsion as a primary propulsion system.

The Doctor is marched to the core of the spacecraft, where he spots an ion propulsion system.

"But ion propulsion is beyond even our technology.

This year a new spacecraft, Dawn, will use ion propulsion to begin a cruise around the asteroid belt.

Ion propulsion has been tested in space before, but it had never been a spacecraft's primary drive.

The spacecraft is using its ion propulsion system to gradually raise its orbit.

A more recent addition to this module is electric propulsion and ion propulsion.

Electric ion propulsion combined with solar sails are used to continually increase spacecraft velocity.

Numerous improvements were made in the ion propulsion systems by the admittedly brilliant science teams of the various warring factions.

Bud, who was familiar with ion propulsion for spaceships, wrinkled his brow in a puzzled frown.

Sharlin class ships do not use conventional engines like rockets or ion propulsion.

"And ion propulsion at that.

"Those ships use ion propulsion, right?"

HRL began research on ion propulsion in 1961.

PPS-1350 is a Hall effect thruster, a kind of ion propulsion system for spacecraft.

Furthermore, unforeseen side effects of ion propulsion might in some way interfere with typical scientific experiments, such as fields and particle measurements.

Dawn is NASA's first purely exploratory mission to use ion propulsion.

"Ion propulsion is acceleration with patience," Dr. Rayman said.

Ion propulsion, neutron conver-sion of a unique technology."

Dawn uses ion propulsion, allowing it to be the first spacecraft to orbit two bodies (excluding Earth and the Sun) in one mission.

GSAT-4 was also to have been the first Indian spacecraft to employ ion propulsion.

The remaining experiments investigate ion propulsion, gas ionization physics, plume detection capabilities, and orbital debris.