In Case Man Ever Goes Into Space Again: Glide Arc Discharges, Thermal Buoyancy And Hypergravity

Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 16:40 in Astronomy & Space

Arc discharges are common in welding and lightning storms but what about about in altered gravity conditions? How often does that really come up? Not often, unless we ever send manned missions into space again, and it may be relevant in the design of ion thrusters used for spacecraft propulsion so let's do some science. read more

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