[Interview] Satellites That Scoop Air And Use It As Propellant

Satellites run out of fuel and have to de-orbit and end their missions. But what if they had access to a practically infinite amount of fuel? What if they could scoop air from the atmosphere and use it as propellant? That is exactly the research that Dr Mansur Tisaev is doing!

🟣 Guest: Dr. Mansur Tisaev

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mansur-Tisaev

👉 Dr Andrea Lucca Fabris

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/andrea-lucca-fabris

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• 00:00 Intro


• 02:04 Ion engines


• 15:32 Effects of the solar activity


• 19:35 Advantages of air-breathing engines


• 28:13 What's next


• 32:05 Non-Earth applications


• 36:26 Interstellar applications


• 38:35 Current obsessions


• 41:03 Final thoughts

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