I wish to take this opportunity to thank Chris Bergin and this website's moderators for creating and hosting this sub-forum, because it is likely SSI and the Mach Effects team might not have received these NASA NIAC grants without your interest and support. (Some members of the team came together by participating in this forum on New Physics for Space Technology.) I'd also like to thank forum commentators and readers.Thanks again for having the courage to establish this forum! However the science and engineering turn out, it has been quite a ride.Gary C HudsonPresident & TrusteeThe Space Studies Institute, Inc.a 501(c)3 non-profitwww.ssi.org
Quote from: HMXHMX on 03/31/2018 03:35 pmI wish to take this opportunity to thank Chris Bergin and this website's moderators for creating and hosting this sub-forum, because it is likely SSI and the Mach Effects team might not have received these NASA NIAC grants without your interest and support. (Some members of the team came together by participating in this forum on New Physics for Space Technology.) I'd also like to thank forum commentators and readers.Thanks again for having the courage to establish this forum! However the science and engineering turn out, it has been quite a ride.Gary C HudsonPresident & TrusteeThe Space Studies Institute, Inc.a 501(c)3 non-profitwww.ssi.org That's awesome to hear, Gary - and important to hear as there's been many a time I've questioned (via numerous people complaining about it, which becomes a pain as all the mods receive an e-mail every time someone 'reports to mod' on a post) if we should keep this sub section.I think the post above will prove to be a good a reminder - now and in the future - it was/is right to keep it going.
Well, probably no surprise based on my username, the Mach Effect Thruster discussion is what brought me to this forum in the first place, allowing me to discover all the other interesting topics also available here. This NASA announcement sounds like the great leap forward that the research team has been waiting for for all these years. Congratulations. This is fantastic news. Does anyone know what the timeframe of this study will be and when the first results will start coming through?
Quote from: M.E.T. on 04/01/2018 05:45 amWell, probably no surprise based on my username, the Mach Effect Thruster discussion is what brought me to this forum in the first place, allowing me to discover all the other interesting topics also available here. This NASA announcement sounds like the great leap forward that the research team has been waiting for for all these years. Congratulations. This is fantastic news. Does anyone know what the timeframe of this study will be and when the first results will start coming through?It is fantastic news.Here is a summary with time frames.https://goo.gl/zZDSpzMach Effect Propellantless drive gets NIAC phase 2 and progress towards great interstellar propulsionNextBigFuturebrian wang | April 1, 2018My Very Best,Shell
With this NIAC grant and implicit recognition by NASA of the merits of this research, is there any possibility that more researchers will see EMdrive as a worthwhile research opportunity?(If there's a breakthrough, then of course everyone will be scrambling to jump on the bandwagon - but as it's still early on, will skepticism continue to keep the mainstreamers away?)
Quote from: sanman on 04/02/2018 06:00 pmWith this NIAC grant and implicit recognition by NASA of the merits of this research, is there any possibility that more researchers will see EMdrive as a worthwhile research opportunity?(If there's a breakthrough, then of course everyone will be scrambling to jump on the bandwagon - but as it's still early on, will skepticism continue to keep the mainstreamers away?)Can't compare the two. MAGA has shown some results that warrant a second look while EM drive has not. EM drive experiments need to show results above signal to noise ratio.
Quote from: RonM on 04/02/2018 06:25 pmQuote from: sanman on 04/02/2018 06:00 pmWith this NIAC grant and implicit recognition by NASA of the merits of this research, is there any possibility that more researchers will see EMdrive as a worthwhile research opportunity?(If there's a breakthrough, then of course everyone will be scrambling to jump on the bandwagon - but as it's still early on, will skepticism continue to keep the mainstreamers away?)Can't compare the two. MAGA has shown some results that warrant a second look while EM drive has not. EM drive experiments need to show results above signal to noise ratio.Oops - sorry to mention EMdrive - I should have said MEGA drive - getting my breakthrough propulsions mixed up. So, what I said before, but with MEGA drive.
I have personally been somewhat surprised that a cutting edge company like SpaceX hasn't gotten involved in this effort. For the cost of one F9 fairing, Musk could probably have boosted this research to the next level. And might have had first access to any potential breakthrough technologies unlocked.The cost/benefit seems a no brainer. What was there to lose? Too late now, I guess. Now everyone will be interested.