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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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[โ€“] someguy3 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Speed of light is 1,080,000,000 km/hr.

*Or 1.08 terametres/hr.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

So 0.03% of C?