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Plasmoid thruster - selden - 01-29-2021 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.) |