NASA Tests The XRS-2200 Engine And Its AWESOME

this thing is AMAZING…

Watch this test which may be used in future space missions by NASA.  In 2015, NASA has made a lot of internet and magazine headlines with talks and tests of new kinds of propulsion systems.  One in particular that they tested you may have seen.  it is called an EM Drive propulsion successfully which is a “microwave” based system.  And don’t  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 check out the test in the video on page 2

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  3. Cory Gainus said:

    i didn’t actually read the article, but this is the old planned engine for the XS-1. I can’t imagine they would have re-fired it lol this article I think is referencing something from the past

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  9. Drew Werner said:

    Gerard Frank Schafhautle I wish I could direct your energy up and outward…here’s why: the changes you seek…the better use of water resources…energy resources…biology, food production, etc all require a large number of scientifically literate people (to vote for politicians who will in turn fund these types of research projects or invest in companies willing to do so). Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, we will need engineers and scientists to make those things happen. How do we get more people interested in science? Start sending people to places we’ve never been. Start developing technology to deal with harsh climate extremes on Mars or other worlds…develop food production techniques that can work in places we can’t currently produce food…make medical devices lighter, easier to use, and cheaper for people here on Earth. We need the space program to inspire people to study math and science. To do all of the things you talk about…we need people with the skillsets and mind sets to fix them. That starts happening when we start pushing limits. I agree with you we need to fix our own planet…but the people who we need to do that will be inspired to do that by what we do in space. We can work on both goals simultaneously.

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  12. Brad Gassner said:

    Make your website look better on mobile. I couldn’t read a lot of the page because it was of the side of my screen.

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  17. Joshua Treat Myers said:

    I dont think they really found it gives much added extra thrust for whatever potential danger it produces. I am under the impression that it burns fuel on the outside of the engine and exhast / thrust is sucked out like a hurricane due to special geometry. That is what I suspect is the problem is just no room for error.

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  35. David DeCelle said:

    Gerard. Thank you for your well reasoned and intelligent argument. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sorry about the inhabitants of the Easily Offended Nation of Butthurtia. Thinking makes their heads hurt and they get angry and strike out. That’s ‘Murica though. Take everything personally and yell out the window at the passerby.
    I wouldn’t want insane hairless apes leaving this planet either as they will never commit to cleaning up the mess they made on this one. Why should they? It’s all just a left wing conspiracy to keep us from buying cola in 24 oz cups anyway. Earth. So delicious we can’t wait to eat every last bite of it. Americans only though! Everyone else can suck it! USA! USA! USA!

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  41. Steven Jones said:

    I want to know if ur promoting science and its wonder why the HELL dose the links have spam$#%&!@*and BS at the bottom advertising??? It’s hard to take anything posted when u have shark heads on elephants saying their real!!

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