Breakthrough propulsion physics research program

Millis, Marc G.

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“…Regarding the third project, in 1996, a team of (USA) government, university and industry researchers proposed a program to seek the ultimate breakthroughs in space transportation: propulsion that requires no propellant mass, propulsion that can approach and, if possible, circumvent light speed, and breakthrough methods of energy production to power such devices [77]. In the period 1996-2004, NASA funded the Breakthrough Physics Program, managed by Marc Millis (open access reports are [77][78][79]), and the very final report was documented in a book of 740 pages [80].…”

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Inertial Propulsion Devices: A Review

Provatidis

2024

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The use of the Google Scholar produces about 278 hits on the term ‘‘inertial propulsion.’’ If patents are also included, the number of hits increases to 536. This paper discusses, in a critical way, some characteristic aspects of this controversial topic. The review starts with the halteres of athletes in the Olympic games of ancient times and then continues with some typical devices which were developed or/and patented from the second fourth of the twentieth century till today.

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Inertial Propulsion Devices: A Review

Provatidis

2024

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“…Plan" (ASTP) managed by MSFC (Millis 1997a Selection will be via a peer review process led by the Steering Group and using the prioritization criteria to provide an initial ranking.…”

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Breakthrough propulsion physics workshop preliminary results

Millis¹

1998

AIP Conference Proceedings

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“…The control and modification of gravitational fields is a dream pursued by propulsion engineers and physicists around the world. NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project is funding exploratory research in this area to stimulate possible breakthroughs in physics that could drastically lower costs for access to space 1 . Although not commonly known, Einstein's well accepted general relativity theory, which describes gravitation in our macroscopic world, allows induction phenomena of non-Newtonian gravitational fields similar to Faraday induction in electromagnetic fields by moving heavy masses at high velocities.…”

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Induction and amplification of non-Newtonian gravitational fields

Matos

2001

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

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One obtains a Maxwell-like structure of gravitation by applying the weak-field approximation to the well accepted theory of general relativity or by extending Newton's laws to time-dependent systems. This splits gravity in two parts, namely a gravitoelectric and gravitomagnetic (or cogravitational) one. Both solutions differ usually only in the definition of the speed of propagation, the lorentz force law and the expression of the gravitomagnetic potential energy. However, only by extending Newton's laws we obtain a set of Maxwell-like equations which are perfectly isomorphic to electromagnetism. Applying this theory to explain the measured advance of the mercury perihelion we obtain exactly the same prediction as starting from general relativity theory. This is not possible using the weak-field approximation approach. Due to the obtained similar structure between gravitation and electromagnetism, one can express one field by the other one using a coupling constant depending on the mass to charge ratio of the field source. This leads to equations e.g. of how to obtain non-Newtonian gravitational fields by time-varying magnetic fields. Unfortunately the coupling constant is so small that using present day technology engineering applications for gravitation using electromagnetic fields are very difficult. Calculations of induced gravitational fields using state-of-the-art fusion plasmas reach only accelerator threshold values for laboratory testing. Possible amplification mechanisms are mentioned in the literature and need to be explored. We review work by Henry Wallace suggesting a very high gravitomagnetic susceptibility of nuclear half-spin material as well as coupling of charge and * Research Scientist, Space Propulsion,

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Breakthrough propulsion physics research program

Abstract: In 1996, a team of government,

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Inertial Propulsion Devices: A Review

Inertial Propulsion Devices: A Review

Breakthrough propulsion physics workshop preliminary results

Induction and amplification of non-Newtonian gravitational fields

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