thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat do you think is the craziest rocket/spacecraft concept out there?message-squaremessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think is the craziest rocket/spacecraft concept out there?thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_propulsion The HX laser thruster always seemed like a great idea, but too radical for anyone to actually try. Keep all that expensive and heavy energy generation on the ground by using LASERs to vaporise the propellent on the rocket.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoReal Engineering made a video about it recently
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_propulsion
The HX laser thruster always seemed like a great idea, but too radical for anyone to actually try. Keep all that expensive and heavy energy generation on the ground by using LASERs to vaporise the propellent on the rocket.
Real Engineering made a video about it recently