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Plasma mirror
- To: KellySt@aol.com, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@interworld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com, sl0c8@cc.usu.edu, MLEN3097@Mercury.GC.PeachNet.EDU, 101765.2200@compuserve.com
- Subject: Plasma mirror
- From: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com (Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39)
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:45:27 -0500
Hey guys,
Remember a while back one of the ideas I had on how a microwave sail could
stop itself, was to have the sail focus the microwaves on a plasma mirror.
The ship would use the reflected microwaves to push a braking sail. The
plasma would be blasted forward for use as a rocket, or just dumped.
Seems the navy lab is now testing a plasma mirror for use in ship board
radar systems. (Aviation Week June 10/ p 50) The radar would focus on the
stearable plasma sheet. The test sheet was 1 cm thick and 60 x 60 cm
square. They are working on upgrading it to a 1.2 - 2 meter square. It
bounces microwaves in the 5-20 GHz range and they think similar system
could work up to 50 GHz. The current unit needs 2 amps and 20 kilovolts to
keep it runing.
Interesting hey?
Kelly
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Kelly Starks Internet: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com
Sr. Systems Engineer
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company
(Magnavox URL: http://www.fw.hac.com/external.html)
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