Title:
How China’s space station could help power astronauts to Mars
Author:
Stephen Chen
Published:
South China Morning Post, 2 June 2021
From the article:
* The Tiangong’s core module is set to become the first crewed vessel powered by ion drives – a technology that could slash journey times to the red planet
* The thrusters have been in use since the 1970s, but China hopes to develop them on a much larger scale for its deep space missions