Brits build plasma-powered 100,000 MPH rocket engine halving Mars travel time

I thought ion engines were the answer...they start off slow but build speed exponentially...

darn always wondered where my 1m wide lg plasma tv went):

It's good that the UK is making the engine, but i guarantee its not a new concept and i bet versions are being worked on in America. Its a kind of advancement on ion drives.

There is a lot of new propulsion tech coming about. Not only for space craft but for many other applications.
Promising developments.

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""Head of operations at Pulsar, Dr James Lambert added: “This first round of tests is designed to locate our concept in space design and explore state of the art electric propulsion.""

Let's put the money in the right places where it should be put, rather than the military industrial complex.

"electrical and vacuum subsystem validation"
just that

no REAL core engine so far, even a prototype

Wait for the UFO tech

I think a lot of our "advancements" ARE UFO tech.

I think a lot of our "advancements" ARE UFO tech.

Rocket propulsion isn't one of them. We're still using conventional rockets even if you do change what comes out the bottom of them.

It's time for a change. Rocket propulsion is kind of antiquated. I've seen it since before Yuri Gagarin's flight, Sputnik and all that.

There's been advancement being made but only very little. The principle stays the same
Wernher von Braun's VI and V2.

It's what a new school of scientists such as Pulsar Dr James Lambert are trying to do.

Brits build plasma-powered 100,000 MPH rocket engine halving Mars travel time

A PROTOTYPE of a British-built plasma-powered rocket engine which could propel spacecraft at 100,000mph, thus halving journey times to Mars, has been tested successfully in the UK.

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Head of operations at Pulsar, Dr James Lambert added: “This first round of tests is designed to locate our concept in space design and explore state of the art electric propulsion.

“It included electrical and vacuum subsystem validation, as well as using a materials testing suite to establish flight parameters and minimum viable product specifications for the new generation of thruster engines.”

Conventional rockets have a maximum exhaust speed of around 40,000mph, meaning a journey to Mars, as envisaged by billionaire entrepreneur and would-be colonist Elon Musk, would take six months for a one-way trip.

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The British aerospace sector was always on top. It will get better with Brexit without all the EU hurdles. They will be able to call on private investors to fund new innovative projects in new tech fields.

Rule Britannia


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can it be mounted on a cessna?
can it be miniturized to mount on a cessna?

I don't think they're really trying to change anything, they're just making another rocket that goes faster and uses different fuel. We need an entirely new system, otherwise spaceflight development will only consist of refinements with ever diminishing returns.

How many of you really think someone can sit strapped into a chair inside of a rocket traveling at such a speed for six entire months, having to piss and shit during that time?
People, wake up, we never even went to the Moon. Show me a video, or photo, of the entire planet earth that is NOT CBI, or an artist rendition of what the planet is thought to look like.

I don't think they're really trying to change anything, they're just making another rocket that goes faster and uses different fuel. We need an entirely new system, otherwise spaceflight development will only consist of refinements with ever diminishing returns.

Hey, we went to the moon. There was a dude already on the moon filming as they landed. There's your proof!