A new space start-up wants to try out a long talked about space tech - solar thermal propulsion (arstechnica.com)

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Is that like a solar sail?

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[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

In that it uses sunlight and large mirrors, but it should deliver more thrust, but also require some propellant. Also should be able to fire in any direction, depending on how the mirrors are able to pivot to focus on the propellant chamber.

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