And yet another concept by NASA is intro’d in this video:
Here is some brief theory behind Aneutronic Fusion, a form of nuclear fusion which produces no harmful neutron radiation, eliminating the need for heavy shielding in energy plants and spacecraft engines. The reaction can be initiated under a picosecond laser pulse which is aimed at a metal target producing protons which can fuse with Boron atoms in the molecular lattice of the fuel substance. The alpha particles generated from this reaction can be converted directly to an electrical current using alpha voltaics. Due to the reaction being initiated by the laser beam, all radiation emitted stops as soon as the laser is switched off allowing for the highest level of control for a nuclear reaction.
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Natalie Buenrostro
So much thrust I cussed
Aerospike engine. I slipped this into one of your game manuals, way back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcW9kUUTfxY
Wow looks powerful
All they want is proof
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20020017580.pdf
Hes trolling..
I don’t think that’s going to pass the Smog test.
The old space shuttles used a 500000 external tank tied into the two rocket boosters to get into space. If this uses less fuel then its a success.
Scott Stanley check this out.
Marty Holdren this is what they are going to strap you to
Pretty cool! Do you remember the Blackbirds flying with the scaled down aerospike test model at Fast Eddie’s?
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/design/aerospike/development.shtml
That’s where I was going with this. One night while on a smoke break when we were on the South side of base, I saw a GREEN shooting star in the direction of Skunkworks…I’ve wondered what it was for years since.
There were things being flight tested through there that still have not been declassified. Now most of the focus has moved to satellite technology.
Still blows my mind that the globalhawk spawned all that followed.
Chickenhawk! 🙂
I applied for a job building Predators at El Mirage, didn’t get the job but still got to tour the facility
This has been out for years back in the 90s
Joseph Amos Nix
http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2015/11/08/the-em-drive-nasas-impossible-engine-highlights-our-greatest-failing/#79e158977368
Dufaq this still doin on my news feed!!!!
It’s funny to read all these comments. You all are talking about magnetic propustion. MPD and VASMIR is what you guys are really talking about. You all just don’t have enough research to know any better. But the one thing I’m wondering is why everyone isn’t talking about the fact that Jim Meeks as no idea what categorizes a fossil fuel? Since when is Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX) which is used by the XRS-2200 a fossil fuel, and this is actually an old test video they tested it like in 2001 or somewhere in that period of time when they were working on the X-33 project.
Eric Myers it’s more like the mid- 90’s early 2000’s this engine was going to be used on the X-33 which the fundings were cut in 2001