How pic related works?
How pic related works?
Cameron Torres
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Easton White
The same as other ion drives but instead of xenon they use just photons which works the same way
It's not very efficient though, however it does have a virtually unlimited fuel supply
John Watson
So we can travel to awesome planets soon?
Thomas Brooks
Brandon Walker
Not really. Like I said, it's not very efficient and it being an ion drive means it doesn't have very high impulse at all. This would be something you'd use on multi-light year journeys
Jose Peterson
Thanks for the quick rundown!
John Johnson
This is the sort of thing we need R&D labs and factories in space. You can do stuff in 0g that you wouldn't even dream of testing for or even noticing while on Earth.
Angel Ward
It just works.
Grayson Nguyen
>If pic related works?
FTFY
Bentley Wilson
Probably doesn't work.
The theory is it uses the energy of the radio waves bouncing around and makes them longer frequencies in exchange for momentum.
But it doesn't seem to work and recent experiments have been zero thrust.