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by jfengel
216 days ago
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You don't need to go that far. Light has momentum, and you can use that directly. It has the maximum possible specific impulse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_rocket However, it requires a lot of energy and we are nowhere near a practical model. It's also not "propellant-less"; the photons are the propellant. |
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If the "propellant" is electricity that our solar panels can generate, that's functionally propellant-less!