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Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

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Electrical Propulsion Voltage´ Speed & length drive voltage requirement´ ScenarioDV = v LxB = 9500 x 10,000 m x 0.7E-4 T = 6650 Voltsju st to prevent current back-flowD Also, P = IV = I (v LxB + R)where I v LxB = mechanical power and IR = resistance loss´I v LxB = 222 kW ( avg) to provide propulsive power´I = 222kW/(v LxB) ~ 33.4 Amps at 10 km tether length´ V = 6650 / 0.23 = 28,800 V to overcome resistive loss22

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