Space revolution: Chinese scientists develop ships that do not use fuel

Chinese scientists proposed using a curious substance, the latest generation engines to build the next spacecraft, that would not work with fuel.

They are scientists from the University of Nakai in China, who discovered new possibilities for graphene, a compound of pure carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal, similar to graphite regular pattern, but in a sheet one atom thick.

After melting graphene oxide sheets, experts managed to create a new super-material that they called 'sponge graphene'. It happened when they saw that, laser cutting graphene, the material moved. Therefore, they conducted an experiment under vacuum, placing graphene and lasers using different intensities. Then they were able to confirm that parts of 'sponge graphene' moved up to about 40 centimeters.Similarly he reacted to her sponge when directed sunlight through a lens.

According scientists explain, graphene acts as a solar sail, where the photons transmitted a pulse to the material, which then moves. Under vacuum, the same principle could be powerful enough to propel a spacecraft.
In order to test this revolutionary technology, the Planetary Society of the United States created a small spacecraft to study how graphene can absorb the energy of a laser accumulate electric charge and then release it to push the ship.
Scientists around the world continue to expect the development of these tests, confident that graphene may be the key to developing spaceships propelled by solar energy.

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