In theory, water-based propulsion systems are a low-cost, safer alternative to conventional engines. Water is easier to ...

Former SpaceX engineer, Halen Mattison, and his startup, General Galactic, are looking to revolutionize rocket propulsion by turning water into rocket fuel. Their ambitious project, discussed in ...

There have been some laboratory experiments and theoretical work done to validate aspects of the plasma magnet propulsion concept. The Plasma Magnet is a wind drag device invented almost twenty years ...

Centrifugal Magnetic Mirrors could enable commercial nuclear fusion reactors on Earth and are also promising for next level propulsion in space. There is funded near term work for both goals. An early ...

Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit ...

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The “caterpillar drive” in The Hunt for Red October allowed the sub to travel virtually undetected through the ocean, but real examples of magnetohydrodynamic drives (MHDs) are rare. The US Navy’s ...