Before space tourism can really take off; a cheaper, safer, and more
reliable launch vehicle will be required. HoverTech believes the answer lies
not with rockets, but in a radical new propulsion system based on advanced
field-effect physics.
Magnetic launch vehicles, or magnecraft will create "thrust" by
magnetic repulsion against the Earth's magnetic field. But as anyone who's
played with magnets knows, a dipole magnet suspended on a string behaves
more like a compass than a propulsion system. That's why if you want to
create a translational force within the relatively uniform magnetic field
of the Earth, you need an asymmetrical field.
An asymmetrical field is simply an unbalanced dipole field. To get a better
picture of what an asymmetric field might look like, imagine a dipole magnetic
field split in two along the length of its axis with one half larger than the
other half. The larger half of the field will generate a greater distortion
in the Earth's magnetic field than the smaller half, resulting in a net
Lorentz force.
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