Ion drives are slow, quiet, and astonishingly efficient. From asteroid freighters and Mars cargo ships to the infrastructure behind future starships, these patient engines may help build civilization across the Solar System.
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Credits:
Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:11 The Rocket Equation’s Patient Loophole
6:12 How Ion Drives Work
17:03 From Exotic Engine to Space Workhorse
18:47 The Trucking Industry of Space
20:18 Solar Power, Nuclear Power, and the Tyranny of Electricity
26:16 What Ion Drives Cannot Do
31:02 Gods & Monsters
32:04 The Engines That Build the Starships
Credit to : Isaac Arthur
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