美国航天网2015年11月9日报道,美国国家航空航天局(NASA)正在研发可以利用太阳风的“电动帆”(E-sail)推进系统,有望在2025年用于超高速航天器的驱动,使其以前所未有的速度飞向星际空间。“电动帆”概念类似于太阳帆技术,例如,使用该技术的航天器都无需推进剂,太阳帆航天器利用太阳的辐射压力进行推进,而“电动帆”航天器则利用太阳风推进。太阳风是指从太阳 NASA reported on November 9, 2015 that NASA is developing an “E-sail” propulsion system that utilizes solar wind that is expected to be used in 2025 for very high speed spacecraft Driven to fly to interstellar space at an unprecedented rate. The concept of “electric sails” is similar to that of solar sails. For example, spacecraft using this technology require no propellants. Solar sails use the solar radiation pressure for propulsion, while “electric sail” spacecraft uses solar wind Promote. Solar wind means from the sun