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I wonder, has anyone seriously considered employing the Oberth effect as close to the Sun as possible? Combined with using solar power for propulsion energy, th
by jhgb 6y ago
I wonder, has anyone seriously considered employing the Oberth effect as close to the Sun as possible? Combined with using solar power for propulsion energy, that could get interesting.
- kortilla 6y agoThere isn’t a way to use solar power for propulsion energy. The issue isn’t an electrical source, the problem is emitting mass.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> There isn’t a way to use solar power for propulsion energy That’s...demonstrated to be false. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
- jhgb 6y agoSolar electric propulsion and solar thermal propulsion seem to work just fine.
- bawolff 6y agoWhat about a photon rocket? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_rocket https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_rocket
- totetsu 6y agoByebye Americas cup and f1, hello solar drag racing
- the8472 6y agoI could swear I have seen a video on building a test chamber with an intense light source to test a heat shield similar to the parker solar probe but with hydrogen or helium piped through it for a solar thermal thruster. But I can't find it now.