Space is totally coool man.....totally: ION Thrusters engaged

Move over outdated-ass-combustion-to-create-propulsion methods because the future is gonna F#(k your day up! (well no really but its always fun to pretend)But right now NASA is working on new ION thrusters that can be 10 to 12 times more fuel efficiency (as stated below...quoted from article)

An ion thruster produces small levels of thrust relative to chemical thrusters, but does so at higher specific impulse (or higher exhaust velocities), which means that an ion thruster has a fuel efficiency of 10-12 times greater than a chemical thruster. The higher the rocket's specific impulse (fuel efficiency), the farther the spacecraft can go with a given amount of fuel. Given that an ion thruster produces small levels of thrust relative to chemical thrusters, it needs to operate in excess of 10,000 hours to slowly accelerate the spacecraft to speeds necessary to reach the asteroid belt or beyond.

That's right I made the text a different color, I can do that ( I'm in control now....) but anyways if you get a chance read the full article here  it's NASA official so you know it's legit. BOOYA!