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IMAGE: Alec Gallimore adjusts equipment settings in the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Photo: Laura Rudich, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
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IMAGE: Scott Hall, AERO PhD Student, checks on the X3 thruster after a test run in the Plasmadynamics & Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
Freelance journalist Scot Woods interviews Alec Gallimore, the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, and Scott Hall, a research engineer at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, OH, about how they came to work on plasma-based engines for space missions, how the X3 thruster works, and the possibilities it offers for NASA and human space exploration.
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Dean Gallimore is also the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and a professor of aerospace engineering.
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