NASA Tests The XRS-2200 Engine And Its Amazing

this thing is INSANE…

Check out this test which may be used in future space missions by NASA.  In the last year or so, NASA has made a lot of headlines with the discussions and tests of new kinds of propulsion systems.  They even tested an EM Drive propulsion successfully which is a “microwave” based system although don’t use it to make popcorn 😉

Here is an intro on the XRS-2200:

This engine was designed to be modular and was going to power the long since cancelled X-33 Venture Star. I knew I had seen a video of this before but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Found it finally through a dead hotlink to a Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) news release still on their server but it doesn’t turn up under any Google or NASA site searches for Aerospike. This video is property of NASA so if they request it to be removed I will do so. It was filmed in late 2000 or early 2001 and I believe this is 80% of max thrust.

Let’s watch them fire this thing up in the video on page 2

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173 Comments

  18. Eric Myers said:

    Aerospike that’s almost as old as me. It was the original concept for the space shuttle.
    Wasn’t ready and is know outdated slightly

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  19. Eric Myers said:

    Already using that in black projects.
    Aaron Hobba
    The definition of magic is a sufficiently advanced technology that’s not understood at the time.
    Electromagnetic drive is exactly that.
    But how often does man make things it doesn’t understand at first.
    Example
    Wright brothers
    Flew a plane and didn’t understand aerodynamic principal
    The microwave was discovered during development of RADAR
    It’s all standard stuff now

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  23. Chad Laibly said:

    Not needed, unnecessary, waste of time. If Lockheed Martin and SAIC would release their antigravity electrogravitic craft we could stop with this rocketry bullshit and travel around the world to the moon to the stars in minutes. Just like they’ve been doing for 50 years.

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  25. John Roberts said:

    They are waiting for your help Jim. Its out there. Scientists are having a very difficult time processing it. You can go to the nasa nsf space flight advanced concept forums and puzzle through the math. Caution: you might lose large swaths of hair. There was a project from maryland U called RINGS. It didnt make it far. There is a new microwave fields propulsion but only works in space. Perhaps we should be trying to fly parts up with solar planes and space balloons?

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  26. Jim Meeks said:

    John Roberts spread your bullshit old man. You have no friends and no comments on anything you’ve ever posted you’re obviously a troll posting on behalf of old school fossil fuels. Do you heat your home with kerosene?

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  27. John Roberts said:

    Pretty progressive concept here. Its definately 21st century thrust. Stability testing will be another story. that plasma imbalance in the heat exhaust is going to need to be symmetrical? Hard to balalnce coolant along that line?

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  30. Kyle Judge said:

    Actually NASA got a major budget increase for 2016 and they’re already working on bringing it back by extending their contracts with space x and another private shuttle company. Both of them have successfully launched and landed reusable rockets designed to break into outer orbit and return. Hope this is good news for you, because I’m pretty excited. Oh and while this is an old news propulsion system they’ve had a lot of success with strange new engine that seems to attain thrust without fuel. I know you’ll be sceptic all but feel free to look it up for yourself. It’s really quite impressive.

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  32. Mike Guay said:

    What are you prattling on about Chris Hilligoss?
    Post your evidence, I’ve never heard that at all, I agree with Kyle Judge.

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  34. Aaron Hobba said:

    Magnetic propulsion requires a propulsive magnet, where do you suppose we find one of those large enough and powerful enough to push a rocket out of earths gravitational field? The em-drive generates very very minimal thrust for the amount of electricity required. Maybe I was wrong to say magic, but it does require that you disassociate yourself from reality to believe that it’s actually possible to fly with magnetism.

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  35. Aaron Hobba said:

    Eric Myers anyone can say black projects because you can’t cite a reference source for their usage, this is a typical strategy for the likes of your kind of mental hardness.

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  39. Josh J. Armon said:

    The fuel consumption had to be outrageous just for that short test burn. Which makes me wonder how much fuel weight would need to be added to break orbit and actually explore… Unless they are using microwave or magnetic when in space. But the boost needed to take a ship and sufficient fuel cells is probably not plausible. If the engine was that strong you would think it would have flexed the scaffolding holding it for the test fire. Idk, but don’t look realistic and probably why the mission was scrapped. Looks sweet, but just isn’t realistic.

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  46. John Roberts said:

    Lol, I find it hilarious that you think I am a fossil fuel astro turfer. In fact I follow all the newest science and math and have even have some things i have been working on to this very topic. I highlighted how we should use weather balloons and solar planes to get into space and you think im a fossil fuel agent. Seems legit.

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