Reactionless Thrusters for real??? - Page 2

davester65 · 05-01-2015, 07:30 PM

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-10215544.html

The name of the article is rather misleading. It seems to be talking about a kind of reactionless thruster that uses microwaves to generate thrust. Supposedly they say it could accelerate a ship up to 0.10c and reach Alpha Centauri in 96 years. I ran the numbers and that suggests an acceleration of about 0.002 G's. Dunno if it's real or not, but the possibilities are something to think about. It may not open up the stars for us, but it would make traveling around the solar system a lot easier.

05-01-2015, 07:30 PM	#1
davester65 Join Date: May 2009	Reactionless Thrusters for real??? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-10215544.html The name of the article is rather misleading. It seems to be talking about a kind of reactionless thruster that uses microwaves to generate thrust. Supposedly they say it could accelerate a ship up to 0.10c and reach Alpha Centauri in 96 years. I ran the numbers and that suggests an acceleration of about 0.002 G's. Dunno if it's real or not, but the possibilities are something to think about. It may not open up the stars for us, but it would make traveling around the solar system a lot easier.