Frontiers of Propulsion Science

Si tratta di un nuovo libro di 739 pagine curato da  Marc G. Millis, NASA Glenn Research Center [Marc ha guidato il NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts - NIAC] e Eric W. Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin.

Si occupa delle scoperte, delle teorie e dei progressi fatti nei sistemi di propulsione possibili per navi spaziali.

Sommario del libro

* Recent History of Breakthrough Propulsion Studies * Limits of Interstellar Flight Technology * Prerequisites for Space Drive Science * Review of Gravity Control Within Newtonian and General Relativistic Physics * Gravitational Experiments with Superconductors: History and Lessons * Nonviable Mechanical “Antigravity” Devices * Null Findings of Yamashita Electrogravitational Patent * Force Characterization of Asymmetrical Capacitor Thrusters in Air * Experimental Findings of Asymmetrical Capacitor Thruster for Various Gasses and Pressures * Propulsive Implications of Photon Momentum in Media * Experimental Results of the Woodward Effect on a Micro-Newton Thrust Balance Thrusting Against the Quantum Vacuum * Inertial Mass from Stochastic Electrodynamics * Relativistic Limits of Spaceflight * Faster-than-Light Approaches in General Relativity * Faster-than-Light Implications of Quantum Entanglement and Nonlocality * Comparative Space Power Baselines * On Extracting Energy from the Quantum Vacuum * Investigating Sonoluminescence as a Means of Energy Harvesting * Null Tests of “Free-Energy” Claims * General Relativity Computational Tools and Conventions for Propulsion * Prioritizing Pioneering Research

 

Next Big Future: Frontiers of Propulsion Science