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
no no, this engine was fired years ago
Oh. Boring haha
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
This is old as$#%&!@*!
This is old technology that NASA abondoned for good reason.
Patrick Hart
Is it just me, or does this thing look like a Hive Tombship?
NASA turning Nazis, and black magicians into rocket stars since 1958. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-last-of-the-magicians
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.
Daniel Ruiz
Old or not, this is an epic engine. That is an obscene amount of power, look at the size of the thing.
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.
Jeff Conley this is what I was talking about the other day
Ethan, Dade
that would explain the video quality lol
Josh Hall
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.
Yes 1976 technology in 2016. Makes you wonder what they have now.
Steve Nell
Old story
Gerard please stop using the Internet and go immediately back to the nearest ocean.
Chris Delahunty
Still not a Grg4515 space modulator !!
That’s is pretty sick
Will this fit in my subaru?
Earth is a prison colony for souls trapped in flesh bodies
The anchient people written about in the Vedas did it thousands of years ago before it was cool
Looks like a drop ship off of many war gamea
we cant explore anything anymore.. its “too expensive” and we got banned from the moon remember? we cant go back anymore.
1970’s video!
Oz Ortega
AJ Bales
Linear aerospike
f**k NASA LIARS FREEMASON PHONIES
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!
Sadly a guy died when they were testing that.
I would rather we were mining dead worlds for resources rather than destroying habitat…
..anybody seriously think humans will leave this solar system before we make ourselves extinct?
Kayla Rector
They’ve been working on that for about 15 years. All they need is a spacecraft to go with it.
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!!
Kevin Bradshaw
T.j.
Looks healthy…
From destiny?
It wasn’t the engine that was the issue with the X33 it was the tanks. They
Couldn’t build the tanks.
Gerard Frank Schafhautle you had so much pride as to think we can ruin nature or restore it? hahahah
Mathew Spence
Heather Diane
Was so looking forward to that x33