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)...
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Bussard ramjet (redirect from Bussard magnetic scoop)
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...
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electrostatic fields and sail attitudes. A magnetic sail would also employ the solar wind. However, the magnetic field deflects the electrically charged...
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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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since no spacecraft propellant is required. An example is the Magsail magnetic sail design.: Sec. VIII Other concepts that have been proposed are speculative...
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days. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plasma propulsion engine. Magnetic sail Ion thruster Spaceflight Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle Electrically...
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electric sail cannot be used inside planetary magnetospheres because the solar wind does not penetrate them, allowing only slower plasma flows and magnetic fields...
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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...
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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...
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[citation needed] Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion Ion thruster Magnetic sail Nuclear pulse propulsion Nuclear thermal rocket Nuclear reactor Polywell...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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tracker Experimental and proposed Magnetic sail Solar chemical and artificial photosynthesis Solar-pumped laser Solar sail Solar thermal rocket Solar updraft...
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Fusion rocket (section Magnetic)
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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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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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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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...
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MagBeam (category Magnetic propulsion devices)
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...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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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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A diffractive solar sail, or diffractive lightsail, is a type of solar sail which relies on diffraction instead of reflection for its propulsion. Current...
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propulsion Launch loop Lightcraft Lunarcrete Lunar space elevator MagBeam Magnetic sail McKendree cylinder Momentum exchange tether Nano electrokinetic thruster...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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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...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electric sail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
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Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster (category Magnetic propulsion devices)
N of thrust. Hall effect thruster Ion thruster Magnetohydrodynamics Magnetic sail Pulsed plasma thruster Solar panels on spacecraft Spacecraft propulsion...
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