Re:An Alfvenic reconnecting plasmoid thruster
by deviledeggs on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:43AM
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I never knew that about exhaust velocity. So as propellant mass efficiency goes up linearly, power use goes up exponentially? does that make fast interstellar travel impossible?
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Re:An Alfvenic reconnecting plasmoid thruster
by petschge on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @10:19AM
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Not exponentially. That would be exp(v). But quadratically, which is faster than linear. I would really hope that at least here people would know that exponentially names a particular function and is not a synonym for "fast".