Ihopeso
06-October-2006, 08:10 AM
Reading A little on the electromagnetic launch rings (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=launch+ring&btnG=Google+Search&meta=) and it got me to thinking about hooking up a probe made basically so it's a ULTRACAPACITOR (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=ultracapacitors&btnG=Google+Search&meta=) (how bout we shoot for Mega capacitor and more (this is the key) :dance: ) and charge it via the Voltage available in the ionosphere (http://www-spc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/poster/weimer/ggcm/)?? Sorta like space tether experiments (http://www.delta-utec.com/delta-utec_tethers.html).
If we launched a probe into space using the ring, dragged a tether through the ionosphere charged the probe to a high enough charge and fired the cap a few times so as to "push" (as per EM forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism)) ourselves with enough "oomph" to basically achieve any escape speed needed.
At the target extend the tether and decelerate into orbit and recharge the cap!! (as long as it has a magnetosphere), with a bit of refinement we (humans) might even be able to use it for motive power into and beyond LEO (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=986). :razz:
Comments? :eh:
If we launched a probe into space using the ring, dragged a tether through the ionosphere charged the probe to a high enough charge and fired the cap a few times so as to "push" (as per EM forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism)) ourselves with enough "oomph" to basically achieve any escape speed needed.
At the target extend the tether and decelerate into orbit and recharge the cap!! (as long as it has a magnetosphere), with a bit of refinement we (humans) might even be able to use it for motive power into and beyond LEO (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=986). :razz:
Comments? :eh: