Electric Sail Promises Faster Deep-Space Missions
Credit: NASA
ORLANDO, Florida – A propulsion system that could dramatically reduce the time required for deep-space missions has entered a new phase of study at NASA. Unlike a solar sail, which uses photon pressure, the electric sail takes momentum from protons in the solar wind and can accelerate a spacecraft...
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