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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
02:04 Ion engines
15:32 Effects of the solar activity
19:35 Advantages of air-breathing engines
28:13 What's next
32:05 Non-Earth applications
36:26 Interstellar applications
38:35 Current obsessions
41:03 Final thoughts
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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!
🟣 Guest: Dr. Mansur Tisaev
researchgate.net/profile/Mansur-Tisaev
👉 Dr Andrea Lucca Fabris
surrey.ac.uk/people/andrea-lucca-fabris
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
patreon.com/universetoday
📚 Suggest books in the book club:
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00:00 Intro
02:04 Ion engines
15:32 Effects of the solar activity
19:35 Advantages of air-breathing engines
28:13 What's next
32:05 Non-Earth applications
36:26 Interstellar applications
38:35 Current obsessions
41:03 Final thoughts
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![Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back [NIAC 2024]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M-qhm04XoBM/hqdefault.jpg "Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back [NIAC 2024]
When well be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program.
👉 NIAC Award Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances
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00:00 Intro
00:56 Applying for NIAC
02:54 The Idea
25:43 Imaging planets
30:06 Using tech in the Solar System
38:24 Laser technology
45:30 The reality of NIAC
51:19 Final thoughts
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