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Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye suggested something to push against: if you're in a magnetic field, you can turn by giving your craft an electric ch
by hyperpallium 11y ago
Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye suggested something to push against: if you're in a magnetic field, you can turn by giving your craft an electric charge.
- darkmighty 11y agoYou can do better: you can separate an electric dipole across the direction you're travelling to create torque T=d v q B (since you can't create charge due to conservation laws).