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The force of these kinds of thrusters are so low that they are insignificant for Earth-based movement; only in space, if you keep the thruster running for a lon
by tomp 12y ago
The force of these kinds of thrusters are so low that they are insignificant for Earth-based movement; only in space, if you keep the thruster running for a long enough time, would they make a difference; same with ion thrusters.
- jp555 12y agoThat depends on your mass. A human ovum can escape Earth's - and even the Sun's - gravity well on solar pressure alone. At this very movement Earth-dust is making its way into space and even leaving our solar system without fuel. There's a group working on very low mass spacecraft to take advantage of this - http://www.spacecraftresearch.com/MII/MII_overview.html http://www.spacecraftresearch.com/MII/MII_overview.html