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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Basics of Electrothermal Propulsion

The Medusa Drive is a variation of pulsed nuclear drives. A large sail assembly connected to the ship by a very long tether is shoved forward by detonating nuclear bombs inside the sail. Microwave Electrothermal Thruster can be generated from an internal power source or beamed in as microwave energy beam. See also laser sail magnetic solar wind sail.

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