The Future of CubeSat Propulsion

CubeSats have a lot of advantages, but they need a way to move and still stay small, and that means new miniaturized propulsion systems that can help us get these tiny spacecraft out into the universe. SciShow Tangents Satellites: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/scishow-tangents-satellites Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://airtable.com/shrafcwXODMMKeRgU/tbldJoOBP5wlNOJQY?blocks=hide http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2018/Spring/Day%203/Session%202/AmeliaGreig.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/ae/programs/msae/project_thesis/2018/Tyler.Franklin-S18_Edited.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b8ca/a9edce0a4017eac543c049e74792268b3388.pdf https://iepc2017.org/sites/default/files/speaker-papers/iepc-2017-466_development_of_a_micro_ecr_ion_thruster_for_space_propulsion_m.h_shen.pdf https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=masters_theses https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/these-tiny-satellites-equipped-with-ion-thrusters-could-change-how-we-explore-space https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/4/4/58/pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/science/lightsail-solar-sail.html http://www.cuaerospace.com/Technology/Space-Propulsion/UltraSail-CubeSail https://aerospace.illinois.edu/news/nasa-launch-two-small-ae-satellites https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/fs21grc.html Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ncube2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CubeSat_in_hand.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cubesats/overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scientist_holding_a_CubeSat.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NanoRacksCubeSatLaunch_ISS038-E-056389.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uwe-2_inside.JPG Thumbnail: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/researching-how-best-to-remove-space-junk