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Every other thruster works by pushing something small at very high speeds in the opposite direction of the direction you wish to move in. Hall thrusters are pus
by mabbo 10y ago
Every other thruster works by pushing something small at very high speeds in the opposite direction of the direction you wish to move in. Hall thrusters are pushing small ions at near the speed of light or something, right?
This thruster pushes nothing. It just achieves thrust with only energy. No refueling ever, solar/nuclear energy into movement until you have no more energy.
This violates certain physical laws, but there it is being measured anyways.
- sbierwagen 10y agoHall-effect thrusters throw ions at 15 to 30 Km/s, or 0.0001c. There is one other thruster that doesn't need a tank of reaction mass: a photon rocket-- moving yourself around only using radiation pressure. Exhaust speed really is c, but generated thrust is tiny, since photons are pretty light. The resonant cavity thruster is more interesting than a photon rocket, since its thrust is much higher.