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How do you plan to convert solar energy collected on a PV panel into thrust?

• gpm 4y ago
  An ion thruster probably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster
  • Fatnino 4y ago
    That still needs mass in the form of a gas to push against.
    • gpm 4y ago
      Such as the aforementioned water...
      • Fatnino 4y ago
        This led me to Google around a bit and I came across this slashdot article from 10 years ago with a dead link https://m.slashdot.org/story/188821 https://m.slashdot.org/story/188821 I don't know why I didn't consider h2o molecules as ion engine propellant.