The phenomenological basis of Slepian’s 1949 essay on an electromagnetic space drive for spacecraft propulsion is traced to the Maxwell stress tensor and the third term in the Lorentz force. The possibility of exploiting the material properties of various media are discussed as well as a connection to the Casimir stress.


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    Title :

    EM stress-tensor space drive


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space technology and applications international forum -1999 ; 1999 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 458 , 1 ; 1027-1032


    Publication date :

    1999-01-22


    Size :

    6 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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