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Electrostatic launcher
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Jim Owens skrev: Has anyone done any research on launching very small probes electrostatically from space? So, for example, launching an electrostatic 'gun' with a tiny probe on a sounding rocket and firing the 'gun' once the rocket leaves the atmosphere? Jim I'd rather use in on the Moon. Then it can be used more than once. Have you any description of a such launcher ? Regards Carsten Nielsen Denmark |
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Electrostatic forces are not ideal due to the massive voltages needed
to produce a useful force. It would be better to use a magnetic launcher. However you would almost always be better off in this case with a rocket IMO. Greg Jim Owens wrote: Has anyone done any research on launching very small probes electrostatically from space? So, for example, launching an electrostatic 'gun' with a tiny probe on a sounding rocket and firing the 'gun' once the rocket leaves the atmosphere? Jim --------------010506030100080801080900 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline; filename="james_owens.vcf" X-Google-AttachSize: 168 begin:vcard fn:James Owens n:Owens;James tel;work:503 685 7081 tel;cell:503 308 2692 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------010506030100080801080900-- |
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--------------090101040902040703060108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Carsten Nielsen wrote: Jim Owens skrev: Has anyone done any research on launching very small probes electrostatically from space? So, for example, launching an electrostatic 'gun' with a tiny probe on a sounding rocket and firing the 'gun' once the rocket leaves the atmosphere? Jim I'd rather use in on the Moon. Then it can be used more than once. Have you any description of a such launcher ? Regards Carsten Nielsen Denmark No, just the idea. I imagine it would resemble a very large cathode ray tube without the glass ... Jim --------------090101040902040703060108 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="james_owens.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="james_owens.vcf" begin:vcard fn:James Owens n:Owens;James tel;work:503 685 7081 tel;cell:503 308 2692 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------090101040902040703060108-- |
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