![[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond](https://s3.castbox.fm/36/1e/96/930d8001242a7bcb34c256225af2a940f3_scaled_v1_400.jpg "[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond")
[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond
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Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview.
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Dan Fries
https://engr.uky.edu/people/dan-fries
📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385172298_Advanced_Electric_Propulsion_Systems_with_Optimal_Specific_Impulses_for_Fast_Interstellar_Precursor_Missions
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:20 What are ion engines
- 11:49 Possible Missions
- 18:15 Solar gravitational lens
- 30:42 Interstellar travel
- 34:04 Bonus part
- 35:10 Current obsessions
- 38:19 More interviews
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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