re: #115 Belafon

Anything using any technology other than solid or liquid fuel or nuclear power is fantasy. Any communication not bound by the speed of light is fantasy. And ion drives aren’t powerful enough to move anything large yet.

Ion drives are immensely powerful… if you’re patient enough to give them time to act. That is their fundamental limitation. Unlike the ion drives of sci-fi fantasy, real-life ion drives provide a small impulse over a long duration. They are ideal for interplanetary or interstellar spaceflight. For short-range orbital changes? Ehh… not so much.