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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Reactionless Drives of Space

Newton's Third Law says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. All modern spacecraft work by using a propellant to provide reaction mass. Matter being expelled at speed out the back of a spacecraft to push the ship the other way. Reactionless drives are contemplated with spaceship drives such as the Alcubierre warp drive, diametric drive, EM drive, fuel proportion, and gravitational dipole driven ships.

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