Reply to post: Fast Cheap Good

SpaceX lofts two all-electric ion-drive comsats to Clarke orbit

BigFire

Fast Cheap Good

You get 2/3 most of the time. In this case, it's sort of cheaper (less moving parts, less mass into orbit) and good (if it works). And just confirming my initial thought, slow.

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