Comment on Why CRT in sci fi deep space ships actualy make senseparentComments−Teever3ywe know think it is possible to slow down using the interstellar medium which greatly conserves fuel.Where can I learn more about this?−PaulHoule3ySeehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_sailandhttps://www.centauri-dreams.org/2017/12/29/the-plasma-magnet...The solar sail lobby thinks that magsailers overstate the potential of mag sails in the solar system (the very high solar wind velocities they quote happen only rarely) but the "interstellar brake" is model-changing. In some ways they are likehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjetbut only for stopping and not requiring impossible H-H fusion.
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Where can I learn more about this?
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_sail
and
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2017/12/29/the-plasma-magnet...
The solar sail lobby thinks that magsailers overstate the potential of mag sails in the solar system (the very high solar wind velocities they quote happen only rarely) but the "interstellar brake" is model-changing. In some ways they are like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
but only for stopping and not requiring impossible H-H fusion.