This wire is wound around a bobbin to form an oval with an appropriate major axis of 18 inches and minor axis of 9 inches. The SC, surrounded by a dewar and a thermal shield, is enclosed in a titanium wing box. The guideway beams are specifically designed to provide high tensile strength capable of withstanding the large magnetic and aerodynamic reaction loads. Stainless steel fibers are used to eliminate interactions with the superconductor's performance. Passive copper guideway coils interact with the passing superconductor.
Magnetic fields interact with the copper inducing currents and themselves become magnetic.
This in turn repels or attracts the vehicle. A demonstration of our fast prototyping activities. Expansion on our technology data base on high-speed physics, controllability, and materials. Knowledge and understanding on superconducting, magnetic levitation, propulsion, and integration issues. As such, the knowledge and information we obtain are applicable to a wide variety of access to space opportunities.