[Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface

Moon has a non-uniform bumpy gravitational field. We can use these anomalies to launch stuff off the surface of the Moon with electromagnetic launchers. How exactly can we do it? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Pekka Janhunen

https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169

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00:00 Intro

02:51 Electrostatic sail updates

07:15 Launching stuff from the Moon

14:46 Finding trajectories

18:44 Practical applications

30:56 Mining Ceres

38:32 Future of humanity

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