Alternative space propulsion

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  • selroc
    Administrator
    • Mar 2023
    • 62

    #1

    Alternative space propulsion

    On our planet Earth, the game is a zero-sum game. Resources are
    what they are, and if someone takes more for themselves, there's
    less for others. The blanket is short, so if you cover your head,
    you uncover your feet. Expansion into space is NECESSARY, but this
    cannot be achieved with chemical propulsion due to obvious physical limitations.

    The only way for humanity to expand into the universe is to
    make a leap in culture and human quality, experimenting with propulsion
    alternatives to chemical propulsion.

    PNN is one of these possibilities, but if it doesn't overcome the obstacle
    of censorship at various national and international space agencies,

    it won't be the vehicle for change we so eagerly await.










  • selroc
    Administrator
    • Mar 2023
    • 62

    #2
    The ion propulsion still relies on some propellant, which cannot be infinite in a spaceship's reservoir.
    Electromagnetic propulsion relies only on batteries, and solar panels to recharge the batteries.

    The problem with any type of propellant is that the farther we want to go, the larger the tank needs to be. However, with batteries and solar panels, we can maintain thrust as long as we can recharge the batteries (via solar panels). This, in my opinion, is the key to propellantless propulsion: being able to build small spaceships that can go far, let's say, for now, throughout the entire solar system, without the need for refueling.


    I must certainly add that Solar Panels can be substituted or complemented with one or more KiloPower nuclear reactors:

    So that the PNN dipoles can maintain thrust for as long as we wish even at long distances from the Sun.

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