In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Sat, 2 Dec 2017 07:01:42 -0700: Hi Bob, [snip] >Hi Robin, Can you supply a link? The only thing I can find with ion >thrusters is that the magnetic field is used to prevent the ions from >striking the side walls. I didn't find anything that suggests that a >magnetic field can turn high energy ion trajectories from an >omnidirectional source into unidirectional thrust. Magnetic fields only >make the ion path curl. > >BH This appears to be relevant:- https://patents.google.com/patent/US7482597B2/en
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster Try Googling "MPD thrusters" Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
