What is ion drive technology?

Question

What is ion drive technology?

Answer 1

One version is, that of a kind of satellite with huge sails which, when launched and the sails opened, will be driven by the 'Solar Wind' (Ions). It will gradually increase speed and eventually reach the speed of light (supposedly)..

Answer 2

check these out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_drive

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ion_drive

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/

hope it helps

Answer 3

high voltage through a wire creates ion movement around the wire (which also attracts air & particles in air).  So this movement is the same as a fan blowing air out.  So if you make the machine big enough and drop it in space and turn it on in theory it will propel a ship just like a fan would blow out the back of the the ship, but with much more velocity.

on earth with gravity, it wont do us much good, only in space (no friction and and grivity), if will work.  But so far its not as fast as hydrogen engines, but it can run off solar cells in space.