Terminology Quandary
I have a quibble with the term “enhanced gravity tractor” as used in “Building Blocks” ( AW&ST March 31, p. 26). The tractor is a rocket of some sort, or possibly a solar sail. Gravity is the tether. In simulations I have seen, the tractor has a pair of rockets canted so that the exhaust plume does...
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