A magnetic sail is a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion where an onboard magnetic field source interacts with a plasma wind (e.g., the solar wind)...

calculations (by Robert Zubrin and Dana Andrews) inspired the idea of a magnetic parachute or sail. This could be important for interstellar travel because it means...

Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...

system and its successor, the magnetoplasma sail, which inject plasma at a low rate to enhance the magnetic field to more effectively deflect charged particles...

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when the speed is 0.12c, preventing further acceleration. A light sail or magnetic sail powered by a massive laser or particle accelerator in the home star...

since no spacecraft propellant is required. An example is the Magsail magnetic sail design.: Sec. VIII  Other concepts that have been proposed are speculative...

a long interval can allow a spacecraft to manoeuvre near a planet. Magnetic sail, a proposed system powered by solar wind from the Sun or any star List...

electric sail cannot be used inside planetary magnetospheres because the solar wind does not penetrate them, allowing only slower plasma flows and magnetic fields...

The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft. It...

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the fusing plasma) approaches. Like the magnetic approach, the fusion fuel is confined at low density by magnetic fields while it is heated into a plasma...

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source and a set of electromagnets to produce a mini-magnetosphere magnetic sail. The gas propellant is ejected into the plasma beam being directed at...

lightspeed. Another possibility is to equip the Daedalus with a magnetic sail similar to the magnetic scoop on a Bussard ramjet to use the destination star heliosphere...

Magnetic propulsion may refer to: Magnetic sail, a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion which would use a magnetic field to deflect solar wind Linear...

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lens or mirror. Another beam-pushed concept would be to use a magnetic sail or MMPP sail to divert a beam of charged particles from a particle accelerator...

a result created a "gravitomagnetic" field in a fashion similar to the magnetic field created by the Barnett effect. No independent testing or public demonstration...

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propulsion device that uses a dipole magnetic field to capture energy from the solar wind. The field acts as a sail, using the captured energy to propel...

around 1190. The magnetic compass is the most familiar compass type. It functions as a pointer to "magnetic north", the local magnetic meridian, because...