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

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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.electric-sailing.fi/

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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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