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People have dreamed about a flying freely without any apparatus for many centuries. Physicist knows only two methods for creating repulsive force: magnetism and electrostatics. Magnetism is well studied and the use of superconductive magnets for levitating a train has been widely discussed in scientific journals, but repulsive magnets have only a short-range force. They work well for ground trains but are bad for air flight. Electrostatic flight needs powerful electric fields and powerful electric charges. The asteroids’ electric field is very weak and cannot be used for levitation. The main innovations presented in this chapter are methods for creating powerful static electrical fields over surface and powerful, stable electrical charges of small size which allow levitation (flight) of people and vehicles over asteroid surface. The author also shows how this method can be utilized on an asteroid surface for creating artificial gravity.
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Bolonkin, A.A. (2013). Artificial Gravitation on Asteroids. In: Badescu, V. (eds) Asteroids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3_23
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