bob_isat wrote:But It is currently said, in the French space engineering community, that Russian teams have developed an efficient superconductor at 0 ° C, putting propulsion by MHD on the doorstep
Uh ... the magnetic component is a problem ... which in this case could be solved but the power supply is another .... Unless such field values make the MHD effective with very little power electric? (I never saw any equation on the mhd)
In any case, I think Padawan is right when he talks about MHD complementary to conventional reaction propulsion ... except for submarines.
Here is a final video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAudJ7umk1g