Re:The Plasma Magnet Drive: A Simple, Cheap Drive for the So...
by lovemenot on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:09AM
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So I think you are saying that only nuclear has the required energy density for acceleration.
Even so, it would be nice to carry much less of the stuff, or a faster decaying material, if regenerative braking provides enough power to almost completely power the magnetosphere upon arrival.
Re:The Plasma Magnet Drive: A Simple, Cheap Drive for the So...
by ben_w on Thursday January 11, 2018 @05:34PM
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Mainly I’m saying batteries currently suck. If you can make a nuclear battery (Hafnium isomer, perhaps), that would work, but it would probably also make M2P2 obsolete.
Even so, it would be nice to carry much less of the stuff, or a faster decaying material, if regenerative braking provides enough power to almost completely power the magnetosphere upon arrival.