Mar 6, 2024 · Elon Musk and NASA just announced their new rocket called the Light Speed Engine, which defies physics and could take us to Mars in weeks instead of months. They’re …

A nuclear lightbulb is a hypothetical type of spacecraft engine using a gaseous fission reactor to achieve nuclear propulsion. Specifically it would be a type of gas core reactor rocket that uses …

A NASA scientist has cooked up plans for a bonkers new rocket engine that can reach close to the speed of light — without using any fuel.

Beam-powered propulsion, also known as directed energy propulsion, is a class of aircraft or spacecraft propulsion that uses energy beamed to the spacecraft from a remote power plant to …

Compared to other types of jet engine, rocket engines are the lightest and have the highest thrust, but are the least propellant-efficient (they have the lowest specific impulse). The ideal exhaust …

Apr 16, 2024 · The basic idea behind light propulsion is the use of ground-based lasers to heat air to the point that it explodes, propelling the spacecraft forward. If it works, light propulsion will …

Dec 10, 2023 · David Burns, a NASA engineer, has been working on a solution to this problem in his free time. He has developed a concept for an engine that he claims could reach up to 99 …

9 hours ago · The new plasma rocket engine flight may become operational by 2030. ... could reach very near to the speed of light and is currently under development. The distance …

May 17, 2022 · Scott Manleys video goes over many different ways to ignite a liquid rocket engine. https://youtu.be/capiUBVd7EU. Lots of rockets actually do use a spark, but they use it …

Oct 15, 2019 · A NASA scientist has cooked up plans for a bonkers new rocket engine that can reach close to the speed of light – without using any fuel.