I would think in a test situation in a vacuum chamber it would be quite easy. Wait until everything reads 0, wait a little bit longer and then test. Robert At 10:55 AM 8/9/2014, you wrote:
Henry Vanderbilt wrote: > Me, I'd be particularly interested in the results from a few quickie > cubesats with one of these devices onboard, launched, allowed to outgas > thoroughly, precision-tracked, then activated. It's the "allowed to outgas thoroughly" bit that seems to be a potential source of substantial error in vacuum-testing any micro-thrust device (either in orbit or otherwise)... -dave w