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[Interview] Satellites That Scoop Air And Use It As Propellant
Manage episode 424455994 series 2513416
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
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mansur-Tisaev
👉 Dr Andrea Lucca Fabris
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/andrea-lucca-fabris
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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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Manage episode 424455994 series 2513416
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
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mansur-Tisaev
👉 Dr Andrea Lucca Fabris
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/andrea-lucca-fabris
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/universetoday
📚 Suggest books in the book club:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club
- 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
📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/Lz4O6AzLofQ
📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter
🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday
📩 CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com
⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
1199 episodes
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