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A NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per hour (i.ibb.co)
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXT_(ion_thruster)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

19883.8782 miles per hour for people in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I think you got the decimal wrong there. It should be 198,838 Miles per hour.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Or 349,956 football fields if that helps.