We need to discuss plasma magnet sails right now. Why the FUCK isn't this talked about.
Watch this video
https://youtu.be/0vVOtrAnIxM
Read this article
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2017/12/29/the-plasma-magnet-drive-a-simple-cheap-drive-for-the-solar-system-and-beyond/
>no new meme tech like fusion or antimatter or exotic matter needed
>act like a reactionless drive because you don't have to carry reaction mass, infinite ISP
>just need electricity to create magnetic fields kilometers wide to act as sails for solar wind
>0.5 G constant acceleration
>further away from the sun, the bigger the field so thrust is constant
>get to Mars in ONE WEEK
>using sun as gravitational lens telescope possible
>0.2c and therefore Alpha Centauri possible
>able to use the solar wind of stars as you're approaching to brake
>downside is you can only go away from the sun, but you can build particle beams that can let you decelerate or send you back towards the sun
>Neptune's magnetic field strong enough for breaking on a direct trajectory
>nasa already tested a small scale prototype and it worked
>must be deployed outside earth's magnetosphere
Is this technology legit? Why hasn't there been much discussion or funding? This is almost as good as an expanse tier torch drive why aren't we building it now? I don't want to be cucked to just one star system
Watch this video
https://youtu.be/0vVOtrAnIxM
Read this article
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2017/12/29/the-plasma-magnet-drive-a-simple-cheap-drive-for-the-solar-system-and-beyond/
>no new meme tech like fusion or antimatter or exotic matter needed
>act like a reactionless drive because you don't have to carry reaction mass, infinite ISP
>just need electricity to create magnetic fields kilometers wide to act as sails for solar wind
>0.5 G constant acceleration
>further away from the sun, the bigger the field so thrust is constant
>get to Mars in ONE WEEK
>using sun as gravitational lens telescope possible
>0.2c and therefore Alpha Centauri possible
>able to use the solar wind of stars as you're approaching to brake
>downside is you can only go away from the sun, but you can build particle beams that can let you decelerate or send you back towards the sun
>Neptune's magnetic field strong enough for breaking on a direct trajectory
>nasa already tested a small scale prototype and it worked
>must be deployed outside earth's magnetosphere
Is this technology legit? Why hasn't there been much discussion or funding? This is almost as good as an expanse tier torch drive why aren't we building it now? I don't want to be cucked to just one star system
