On the feasibility of a negative polarity electric sail
An electric solar wind sail is a recently introduced propellantless space propulsion method whose technical development has also started. In its original version, the electric sail consists of a set of long, thin, centrifugally stretched and conducting tethers which are charged positively and ke...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Copernicus Publications
2009-04-01
|
| Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/27/1439/2009/angeo-27-1439-2009.pdf |