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Will future spacecraft fit in our pockets? - Dhonam Pemba

Will future spacecraft fit in our pockets? - Dhonam Pemba

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When you picture a rocket, you might imagine a giant ship carrying lots of fuel, people and supplies. But what if the next wave of spacecraft were small enough to fit into our pockets? Dhonam Pemba details the future of microspacecraft, and how scientists at NASA are hoping to use micropropulsion to launch these tiny vessels outside of Earths orbit. Lesson by Dhonam Pemba
Date: 2020-08-22

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why did the big spaceship at the end there stop moving when it turned off its rocket? that's not how space works. if you want to slow down to a stop, you can't just stop hitting the gas pedal, you have to fire off other engines to force it to slow down.
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I guess I'm still confused on why that propulsion can't be used on bigger ships. I'm picturing a ship with a lot of surface area along one axis, like a huge coin flying through space.
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Sometimes, I think that the surest sign of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. - Calvin and Hobbes
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why not start out by propelling it with a laser, and then correctly it's course with the indium? wouldn't that allow it to go much faster and further?
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Thank you, Ted-Ed.
May I suggest you to add references in your descriptions so that interested people can explore further.

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Lets say it has all equipments it needs. what about propelling it. dont tell me they are thinking of using sling shot method
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