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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Electric Solar Wind Sail, Magnetoplasma Dynamic Thruster

A magnetic solar wind sail also called a wingly or just a mag sail is very much like an electric solar wind sail using the stream of ionized matter emitted from the sun to drive it. It can take advantage of superconductors especially high temperature of superconductor to speed or slow or maneuver inside a star system by using the solar wind. Matter beaming is an example of how we can circumvent the rocket equation by accelerating matter at some stationary facility to push on a ship. A beam of oxygen could provide air to breathe and shove on a ship from behind as a simple conceptual example. See also Arcjet, Ion Drive, Resistojet, Vastimir.

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