The electric solar wind sail is a propulsion system that extracts the solar wind momentum for the thrust force of a spacecraft by using an interaction between solar wind protons and the electric potential struc
Abstract The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that food production must rise by 70% to meet the demands of an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050. This forecast underscores the persistent reliance on pesticides, making it essential to assess their toxicity ...
A solar power sail can be a hybrid propulsion system with a solar sail by activating the ultra-high specific impulse ion engines with the power generated by thin film solar cells. This paper also introduces an advanced solar power sail mission toward Jupiter and Trojan asteroids via hybrid ...
This device is mounted on the solar sail's membrane and can control the torque perpendicular to the membrane. The A-RCD is composed of microstructured film and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), and these structures cause the strong diffraction when the light propagates in the device. ...