space boy
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Here's a fascinating article about an actual ion drive. It appears that it works only in the atmosphere as opposed to outer space like Star Trek vehicles do, but it's still pretty cool. In the video, it looks like it just barely accelerates the airplane, but I'm sure improvements will be made.
MIT engineers built an airplane that flies without any moving parts
the lightweight aircraft relies on ‘ionic wind’, the ions the plane generates to thrust itself over a steady and sustained flight.
www.designboom.com