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\n\nThe development and execution of prospective inner and outer space missions require focusing on the use of many small space vehicles operating in swarms with multiple informational, navigational, and mission-oriented interactions among themselves. Such missions involve providing communication and surveillance services, facilitating distributed material production in space, and conducting research expeditions to explore the resources and environments of new worlds. The cornerstone technology for operating distributed space systems is propulsion.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n
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