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Challenge to Create the Space Drive

Author
Millis, Marc G.
Published
Oct. 1997.
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1 electronic document
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Summary
To travel to our neighboring stars as practically as envisioned by science fiction, breakthroughs in science are required. One of these breakthroughs is to discover a self-contained means of propulsion that requires no propellant. To chart a path toward such a discovery, seven hypothetical space drives are presented to illustrate the specific unsolved challenges and associated research objectives toward this ambition. One research objective is to discover a means to asymmetrically interact with the electromagnetic fluctuations of the vacuum. Another is to develop a physics that describes inertia, gravity, or the properties of space-time as a function of electromagnetics that leads to using electromagnetic technology for inducing propulsive forces. Another is to determine if negative mass exists or if its properties can be synthesized. An alternative approach that covers the possibility that negative mass might not exist is to develop a formalism of Mach's principle or reformulate ether concepts to lay a foundation for addressing reaction forces and conservation of momentum with space drives.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19980021277.
NASA/TM-97-207295.
NAS 1.15:207295.
Journal of Propulsion and Power; Volume 13; No. 5; 577-582.
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