/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11908351
I just want cheap Earth to LEO to be a solved problem so we can move on to the more exciting parts like interplanetary exploration and trade.

>>11859629
damn man, thats a cool concept,

I approve

>>11858606
If you replace the little ion rockets in this picture with ArcMoths, that's basically the future this gives you, and all you need to expand out to the gas giants is one resupply port on one ice moon per planet. Water, oxygen, LH2, and a beamed power station of less than 1GWe per ship plus transmission losses.

The advantage of this setup is that you still get a very decent delta-V budget (especially if the plasma magnet sails work!) with no flimsy physical sails or onboard reactors, which means governments won't be screeching about civilians hauling nukes around the solar system, which means working class or at least middle class space pilots are go.