The phenomenological basis of Slepian’s 1949 essay on an electromagnetic space drive for spacecraft propulsion is traced to the Maxwell stress tensor and the third term in the Lorentz force. The possibility of exploiting the material properties of various media are discussed as well as a connection to the Casimir stress.

Topics
Electromagnetism, Electrostatics, Spacecraft propulsion
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© 1999 American Institute of Physics.
1999
American Institute of Physics
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