This Cosmic Journeys video covers the work of Dr. Ben Longmier KF5KMP
and his University of Michigan team in developing plasma rockets.
Dr. Ben Longmier and his team from the University of Michigan have
traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska to play a small part in a much larger push
to revolutionize space travel and exploration.
The team plans to use helium balloons to send components of a new
type of rocket engine to an altitude of over 30 kilometers, above 99% of
Earth’s atmosphere. The purpose is to test these components within the
harsh environment of space. While astronauts train to live and work in
zero gravity, or to move around in bulky space suits, these would-be
space explorers are preparing to negotiate some of Earth’s harshest
environments.
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(Source: AMSAT-UK)
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