СПОСОБ СОЗДАНИЯ РЕАКТИВНОЙ ДВИЖУЩЕЙ СИЛЫ И УСТРОЙСТВО УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ИОННЫМ ПОТОКОМ

摘要

An ion drive system for creating a propulsion force or thrust has at least one stage having an emitter (10) and an attractor (12) spaced from the emitter (10) by a gap (D). An ionizable dielectric media is located within the gap (D). The drive system further has a propellant source for introducing a propellant in the vicinity of the emitter (10) and a power source (14) for creating a high intensity field in the vicinity of the emitter (10) to ionize the dielectric media and a diffused field in the vicinity of the attractor (12) to accelerate the ions away from the emitter (10) and thereby create a propulsive force. In a preferred embodiment, the ion drive system has a plurality of stages.