Laser propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground-based) laser system and separate from the reaction mass. This form of propulsion differs from a conventional chemical rocket where both energy and reaction mass come from the solid or liquid propellants carried on board the vehicle.
Laserpropulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground-based) laser system and separate from the reaction...
July 19, 2017) was a physicist and aerospace engineer who researched laserpropulsion. He was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely...
papers and conducting early studies on applying fusion propulsion, in the 1960s, and laserpropulsion, in the 1970s, to interstellar travel. In 1994, NASA...
pumped lasers and it remains on the cutting edge of the field. At least three uses for bomb pumped lasers have been proposed. Laserpropulsion is an alternative...
Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields...
pressure alone. Within the atmosphere, the Lightcraft propulsion is dependent on the external laser power only, so propulsive power is not limited to that...
spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight on large surfaces. A number of spaceflight missions to test solar propulsion and navigation...
long as the reaction mass is not carried by the spacecraft. In Beamed LaserPropulsion (BLP), the photon generators and the spacecraft are physically separated...
mechanism for a laser weapon. It is also the basis of pulsed laserpropulsion for spacecraft. Processes are currently being developed to use laser ablation in...
A laser broom is a proposed ground-based laser beam-powered propulsion system that sweeps space debris out of the path of artificial satellites (such as...
high-power lasers. He first suggested a system of laserpropulsion to launch bulk payloads into orbit, using energy from ground-based lasers to increase...
outer solar system, including plasma propulsion, laserpropulsion, nuclear propulsion, solar sail and field propulsion systems which utilize a strain on...
Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems...
powered pulsed laser test-bed, successfully lifted a lightcraft 72 meters in altitude by a method similar to ablative laserpropulsion in 2000. A powerful...
thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive ions from...
(PDF). Science & Vie (683): 68–73. Myrabo, L.N. (1976). "MHD propulsion by absorption of laser radiation" (PDF). Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 13 (8):...
A fusion rocket is a theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion propulsion that could provide efficient and sustained acceleration in space without...
Clifford Schlecht researched a form of reversed-thrust laserpropulsion as a macroscopic laser tractor beam. Intended applications include remotely manipulating...
"starport" as the main character explores the titular city. Rocket sled Laserpropulsion Non-rocket spacelaunch Silbervogel Spaceplane StarTram Inductrack Railgun...
engine or motor that produces thrust by expelling reaction mass (reaction propulsion), in accordance with Newton's third law of motion. This law of motion...
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