This UFO looking contraption could one day be floating over the Moon or an asteroid! 👽 Read about how it works here: 📷: MIT
would be used to both charge up the vehicle and boost the natural surface charge, counteracting gravity."With a levitating rover, you don't have to worry about wheels or moving parts,"'s terrain could be totally uneven, and as long as you had a controlled mechanism to keep your rover floating, then you could go over very rough, unexplored terrain, without having to dodge the asteroid physically.
The ion thrusters, called ionic-liquid ion sources, are small nozzles that have previously been used to propel satellites through space. The actual fuel is molten salt, which when hit with an electric charge, shoots out of the nozzles as a beam. Here, the charge is transferred to the surface below to supplement its own natural charge. Mathematical models confirmed the idea could work, and would provide enough of a thrust to get the gliding rover off the ground.
In a lab experiment using ionic-liquid ion sources to create an electrostatic force, the team was able to get a small, palm-sized vehicle weighing about 60 grams to levitate. The amount of force required would depend on the size of the planetary body.When you're packing for a trip to the Moon , it's important to pack as light as possible – heavier loads need more fuel and cost more money to launch. In this case, the proposed probe would be sourcing a lot of its power naturally.
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