Hanging out with my amazing friend natalya926, founder and CEO of Accion Systems🚀 Accion Systems builds mini ion thrusters for small satellites. See those chips I'm holding? Those are ROCKET THRUSTERS 😲🚀 Swipe👉🏼 the original model has 4 chips with 480 emitters on each chip that will emit ions, providing thrust for small sats 🛰️. But these chips can be scaled for larger satellites (see last picture!) Why are thrusters for small satellites important? 1️⃣Well for one, they've never been able to have them before. Traditional engines were too large. Now they can! 2️⃣With thrusters, small sats can stay in orbit Longer (think years instead of months) 3️⃣With thrusters, 🛰️'s can move out of the way of space debris. 4️⃣With thrusters, 🛰️'s can maneuver to more optimal orbits. 🚀 In short, Natalya and her team at Accion are revolutionizing the small sat industry. 🛰️🛰️🛰️ Fun fact - Natalya and I were roomies at MIT 👯 mitpics #XplorationOuterSpace #AccionSystems #RocketThrusters ...