thrusters
Noun
Meaning
thrusters
plural of thruster
thrusters pl (plural only)
(US, historical, World War II) Those who are for military engagement.
Examples
According to Edgar Choueiri magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters have input power 100-500 kilowatts, exhaust velocity 15-60 kilometers per second, thrust 2.5-25 newtons and efficiency 40-60 percent.
Ad Astra further argued, "In the near term, using solar-electric power at levels of 100 kW to 1 MW, VASIMR® propulsion could transfer heavy payloads to Mars using only one to four first-generation thrusters in relatively simple engine architectures."
Advantages and disadvantages PPTs are very robust due to their inherently simple design (relative to other electric spacecraft propulsion techniques), and draw very little electrical power relative to other comparable thrusters.
Applications include control of the orientation and position of orbiting satellites (some satellites have dozens of low-power ion thrusters) and use as a main propulsion engine for low-mass robotic space vehicles (for example Deep Space 1 and Dawn).
Being built from an incomplete robot originally intended for military purposes Astro Boy possessed amazing powers such as flight through thrusters in his feet and the incredible mechanical strength of his limbs.
Among electric thrusters, ion thrusters have received the most serious commercial and academic consideration.