Electromagnetic Re-Entry Heat Shield

[JoeOh]

Read it all here:

 

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/30/the-next-generation-of-heat-shield-magnetic/

 

This heat shield idea does make a lot of sense. When a craft enters the atmosphere, it generates heat from the immense pressure of reentry. When this happens much of that super-heated air becomes plasma and is able to be influenced by magnetic fields. Did I describe this accurately enough?

 

Also, in the diagram on that site, the magnetic coil looks like a simple solenoid. Was this coil shape simplified for the causal reader, or is this the actual coil design? Or is it's because the coil is a superconductor it will provide a diamagnetic field?

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No one has anything to say on this? Come on, this is the closest thing we have now to those fictional shields we've all heard about on those sci-fi shows.

 

Either no one has any interest, or this has been discussed in another thread. I did a search on it and came up empty.

 

Anyone?

Edited January 9, 2010 by JoeOh
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