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So in conclusion, the promise of fast transport through the solar system remains undimmed. These materials are available now, and require no new materials or technology development, they are truly COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf). Experimentation of these dusty plasma materials gives a new meaning to the word “gossamer” and their integration into plasma sails may indeed provide the fastest travel technique for small packages to Mars, sort of a modern Pony Express.