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The use of magnetic sails to escape from low earth orbit

The use of magnetic sails to escape from low earth orbit

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 1993
Robert Zubrin
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic sail, or magsail, approach is discussed which uses the magnetic field generated by a loop of superconducting cable to deflect interplanetary or interstellar plasma winds to propel spacecraft. The performance of the magsail operating in a plasma wind is ...

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