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VASIMR at Full Power

This video shows the startup of the VASIMR 1st stage over 5 seconds, the increasing power of the second stage over 3 seconds, a plateau of full power operati… Video Rating: 4 / 5

The N.E.X.T. Thing for Space Travel

The NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster or NEXT is an advanced Ion propulsion system developed at Glenn Research Center. Its unmatched fuel efficiency could giv… Download link http://kerbalspaceport.com/special-ion-plane/

ION ENGINE/ two emitters

This three inch diameter cone and cylinder emitter unit was the first to use the pulse generator inside the emitters. The pulse generator is a two coil/air c… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Ion engine experiments, with varying degrees of success. Kerbal Space Program 0.18.1 – NO MODS, ALL STOCK PARTS In this episode I […]

How to DRIVE your CAR on WATER

http://WWW.75NEWS.COM How to drive water car – full guide ================================================================ GH Garrett says that soon water wi… Video Rating: 4 / 5 CHRIS HUNTER DESIGNED ENGINE MODIFICATION ALLOWING A REFRIGERANT TO ACT AS A HEAT FUEL OBSORBER, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO REPLACE GASOLINE AS A FUEL. SHOWN IS …

NASA’s Next Giant Leap — Comic-Con 2014

In honor of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA went to Comic-Con International to hold a far-out discussion on plans for the future wit… Video Rating: 4 / 5 Chief Engineer Marc Rayman discusses the Dawn mission and explains why NASA is interested in asteroids Vesta and Ceres and how ion […]

Homemade ion thruster using 30kV Voss machine

A homemade ion thruster, powered by a Voss machine (max. 30kV, see http://youtu.be/p0sO-p1HHsU). Voltage is probably much lower here (maybe 10kV?) due to per… Video Rating: 4 / 5

Mars in 39 Days?: the VASIMR Plasma Engine. Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D.

From DDP 31st Annual Meeting, July 13, 2013, Houston, TX. Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz is founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company, www.adastrarocket.com, a U.S. firm developing advanced plasma rocket technology with operations in Houston, Texas, and Guanacaste, Costa Rica. In 2005 Dr. Chang Díaz completed a 25-year career as a NASA astronaut, […]

New NASA Ion Thruster To Propel Spacecraft To 90,000 MPH | Video

http://www.youtube.com/v/HcEc7dnRppw NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project has completed the longest duration test for a Space propulsion system (48,000 hours/5 1/2 years). This look inside the thrusters discharge chamber shows how it works.

What is exactly going to happen on December 21st 2012?

Question by Answers4You: What is exactly going to happen on December 21st 2012? I heard that it is going to be a visual event that happens every 26,000 years or so. Does anyone have knowledge of what is going to happen? Best answer: Answer by Paul in San DiegoThe Mayan calendar ends on that date. […]

Q&A: Both plasma and ion rockets use magnetic fields to contain?

by HenryFigueroa Question by Rob: Both plasma and ion rockets use magnetic fields to contain? Quote Both plasma and ion rockets use magnetic fields to contain and fire high speed ions out of the thrusters. Unfortunately, they don’t have as much raw thrust or acceleration as chemical rockets do. They do have the ability to […]

Is there already an asteroid approaching to our planet?

Question by Engr. Ronald: Is there already an asteroid approaching to our planet? Is there already an asteroid or a Comet approaching to our planet to be impact, even its still very very far away from us? Best answer: Answer by oldwoodstockhippieYes,with the many asteroids in space there is one with earth as it’s target. […]