Plasma Thrusters - Is That Science Fiction?

There are people out there working on new technologies that might get us to other planets and other stars faster and faster. People have all sorts of different plans for how to develop new engines for spaceships. So to day on the programe, we'll be asking the question, how do plasma thrusters work? Now, daniel, i just like to say the word plasma thrusters. And i feel, you know, something out of a movie. I know it sounds a lot like plasmof blaster, right? It sounds like a weapon you could use against something wit, like lots of limbs and gooy insides. Yes. But that's the exciting thing about science fiction,