01-29-2021, 04:07 AM
An Alfvenic reconnecting plasmoid thruster
Fatima Ebrahimi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04192
A popularized description of a possible space drive is available in https://phys.org/pdf531057876.pdf
It would use reconnecting magnetic fields to produce exhaust velocities in the range of 50 to 500 km/sec.
I dunno to what extent it might have survived the Technocalypse.
(Originally encountered in today’s Apple News.)
Fatima Ebrahimi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.04192
A popularized description of a possible space drive is available in https://phys.org/pdf531057876.pdf
It would use reconnecting magnetic fields to produce exhaust velocities in the range of 50 to 500 km/sec.
I dunno to what extent it might have survived the Technocalypse.
(Originally encountered in today’s Apple News.)