Episode 6 Electric Propulsion: Don't Judge a Propellant by its Size - BIIRS Season 1

But it is Rocket Science

Electrons produce thrust! Wait, what? They're so small though? Electric propulsion has been propelling spacecraft for decades! We don't see it during rocket launches for a number of reasons, listen in to learn why! Press play for the brain candy that is Electric Propulsion. Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Sources: ASAP Science, director. The Periodic Table Song. The Periodic Table Song, 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz4Dd1I_fX0. Choueiri, EY. “A Critical History of Electric Propulsion: The First 50 Years (1906–1956).” A Critical History of Electric Propulsion: The First 50 Years (1906–1956), 2004, alfven.princeton.edu/publications/choueiri-jpp-2004. “Deep Space 1 Asteroid Flyby.” Deep Space 1 Asteroid Flyby, NASA, July 1999, www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/ds1asteroid.pdf. “Deep Space 1.” NASA, NASA, www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/deep-space-1-ds1/. Dunbar, Brian. “Ion Propulsion.” NASA, NASA, 18 Aug. 2015, www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/fs21grc.html. “Electrically Powered Spacecraft Propulsion.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrically_powered_spacecraft_propulsion. FalconSat-5 - EoPortal Directory - Satellite Missions, directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/falconsat-5. Gallimore, Alec, and Arthur Thurnau. “The Physics of Spacecraft Hall-Effect Thrusters.” The Physics of Spacecraft Hall-Effect Thrusters, University of Michigan, 2008, www.aps.org/units/dfd/meetings/upload/Gallimore_APSDFD08.pdf. Goebel, Dan M, and Ira Katz. Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters . JPL Space Science and Technology Series, 2008. “GRC - SPACE ELECTRIC ROCKET TEST I (SERT I).” NASA, NASA, www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/past/60s/sert1.htm. “GRC - SPACE ELECTRIC ROCKET TEST II (SERT II).” NASA, NASA, www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/past/70s/sert2.htm. “Ion Thruster.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster. “List of Spacecraft with Electric Propulsion.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_with_electric_propulsion. “Our Engine.” Our Engine | Ad Astra Rocket, www.adastrarocket.com/aarc/VASIMR. “Plasma Propulsion Engine.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_propulsion_engine. “Rocket Propulsion.” NASA, NASA, www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/rocket.html. SciShow Space, director. The Electric Thruster That Could Send Humans to Mars. The Electric Thruster That Could Send Humans to Mars, 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isn7FoJvtRY. SciShow Space, director. Thrusters That Eat Teflon! | Pulsed Plasma Thrusters. Thrusters That Eat Teflon! | Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HUOumDJeAQ. “Scout (Rocket Family).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family). “SERT 2.” Gunter's Space Page - Information on Spaceflight, Launch Vehicles and Satellites, space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sert-2.htm. “Solar Electric Propulsion.” NASA, NASA, www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/sep/#factsheet. “Solar Electric Propulsion: NASA's Engine to Mars and Beyond.” SpaceFlight Insider, 28 Feb. 2016, www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/human-spaceflight/solar-electric-propulsion-nasas-engine-mars-beyond/. Sovey, James S., et al. “Ion Propulsion Development Projects in U.S.: Space Electric Rocket Test I to Deep Space 1.” Journal of Propulsion and Power, vol. 17, no. 3, 2001, pp. 517–526., doi:10.2514/2.5806. “SSOE - SSOE Resources - File Not Found.” Pitt, www.engineering.pitt.edu/First-Year/First-Year-Conference/_Library/Dubendorf-Pineiro-Steen/.