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Superconductors enable magnetic flux pinning for spacecraft

Posted: 04 Apr 2008  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: superconductor  permanent magnet  space station module  magnetic flux pinning 

[Summary of tips] Cornell University researchers propose that superconductors paired with permanent magnets could enable spacecraft to hover unpowered above the ground in the same way Luke Skywalker's space racer hovered in the seminal Star Wars movie.Superconductor technologies designed at Cornell aim to hold space-station modules and satellite......
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