Leonid Mikhailovich Shkadov
Encyclopedia
Leonid Mikhailovich Shkadov was a physicist
who came up with the idea of the Shkadov Thruster
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Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
who came up with the idea of the Shkadov Thruster
Stellar engine
Stellar engines are a class of hypothetical megastructures which use a star's radiation to create usable energy. Some variants use this energy to produce thrust, and thus accelerate a star, and anything orbiting it, in a given direction...
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