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A solar-electric space tug approaches a satellite to dock with it using an ESPA universal docking adapter. Hall Effect thrusters will then push it around.
Concept #space #art by @LucasArtGreen for the Space Machines Company.
https://t.co/eMyF3FpBMB
A cosy 'solarpunk' scene featuring floating wind turbines, solar power fields, local farms and urban spaces overrun by greenery.
#art by Daniel Clarke.
https://t.co/zsi13NWYAf
A comparison of neutral particle beams and lasers for sorting between nuclear warheads and decoys in space:
https://t.co/4S1idvmIw7
A 20 MW laser with 10m focusing mirror can drill a hole in a decoy or nudge it aside. NPBs are 100x more efficient, producing a radiation signal.
A huge planetary defence system sits in orbit, featuring a massive RADAR array and missiles that actually look like they operate in a vacuum.
Incredible #space #art by Amos Tan.
https://t.co/6NYZmKSKQW
The Helicity Drive is a fusion propulsion design with the main feature being the use of magnetic reconnection to efficiently heat the fuel.
7100-135,000s Isp and up to 68 kW/kg at GW power scale, mostly due to low estimates for radiator/generator mass.
https://t.co/KAiWtt1MDG
Hey @JamesSACorey, did you every try Attack Vector: Tactical? https://t.co/Bv89AVrIzr
Bright spots on the metallic asteroid Psyche suggest it may have been ferrovolcanic: it was large and hot enough to have a core of molten iron, and that iron burst through a rocky crust like volcanoes on Earth.
@BadAstronomer reports:
https://t.co/teYrUzDnrm
The Rim Electric Drive is a shaftless propulsion system for a submarine that could be quieter and more efficient than any propeller, and even open up the possibility of a rear docking tube to accommodate UUVs.
https://t.co/kllri79JwZ
https://t.co/AGKL1jWTSO
The Space Shuttle weathering a storm.
A few hours later, mission STS-8 launched.
https://t.co/ajQv97XFU4
I love the realistic designs and hand-drawn art of @Doroni_max. It reminds me that there is a wealth of hard sci-fi out there behind a language barrier.
#space #art
https://t.co/5oqDhuHZfg
https://t.co/2gwJPCnMzM