thinking about the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Yamato-1, the first full-scale ship with working superconducting magnetohydrodynamic thrusters for propulsion
here's a paper on it on NTRS with a LOT of excellent diagrams

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thinking about the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Yamato-1, the first full-scale ship with working superconducting magnetohydrodynamic thrusters for propulsion
here's a paper on it on NTRS with a LOT of excellent diagrams
That's amazing! But also, I'm not really a superconducting magnet expert but I did have one in the lab for a few years and honestly it didn't leave me with the impression that this application has strong vibes of being totally practical.