[Interview] Satellites That Scoop Air And Use It As Propellant
Satellites run out of fuel and have to de-orbit and end their missions. But what if they had access to a practically infinite amount of fuel? What if they could scoop air from the atmosphere and use it as propellant? That is exactly the research that Dr Mansur Tisaev is doing!
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- 00:00 Intro \n
- 02:04 Ion engines \n
- 15:32 Effects of the solar activity \n
- 19:35 Advantages of air-breathing engines \n
- 28:13 What's next \n
- 32:05 Non-Earth applications \n
- 36:26 Interstellar applications \n
- 38:35 Current obsessions \n
- 41:03 Final thoughts \n
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