2014年8月1日 · Seemingly in contravention of the law of conservation of momentum, the team confirmed that the device produces thrust by using electricity, and nothing else. Supporters call them microwave...

2011年9月21日 · NASA/JSC is implementing an advanced propulsion physics laboratory, informally known as "Eagleworks", to pursue propulsion technologies necessary to enable human exploration of the solar system over the next 50 years, and enabling interstellar spaceflight by the end of the century.

2012年12月11日 · NASA believes that a Quantum Vacuum Plasma Thruster (QVPT) might be the breakthrough system they need. Before we dive into what exactly a QVPT is we first have to know a little about Quantum Mechanics, specifically Quantum Vaccuums.

2014年4月22日 · Eagleworks Laboratory is an advanced propulsions physics laboratory with two primary investigations currently underway. The first is a Quantum Vacuum Plasma Thruster (QVPT or Q-thrusters), an advanced electric propulsion technology in the development and demonstration phase. The second investigation is in Warp Field Interferometry (WFI).

QVPT = Quantum acuumV Plasma Thruster (a.k.a. Q-thruster) RF = radio frequency SED = Stochastic Electrodynamics TM212 = ransvTerse Magnetic 212 Mode ZPF = Zero Point Field F~ = force (unit: N) f~ = force density (unit: N/m 3) ~x = position (unit: m) ~v = velocity (unit: m/s) ~a = acceleration (unit: m/s 2) t = time (unit: s) q = elementary ...

Confirmation that the Quantum Vacuum (QV) would directly impact lab observations came inadvertently in 1948 while Willis Lamb was measuring the 2s and 2p energy levels in the hydrogen atom [4].

2012年3月25日 · To date, the QVPT line of research has produced data suggesting very high specific impulse coupled with high specific force. If the physics and engineering models can be explored and understood in the lab to allow scaling to power levels pertinent for human spaceflight, 400kW SEP human missions to Mars may become a possibility, and at power ...

2013年5月31日 · That means that a QVPT doesn’t have to carry a fuel source to propel itself onward, it can generate propulsion through the manipulation of quantum electro dynamics. NASA’s initial projections for a QVPT estimate that if a 100MW, 200 Ton (QVPT) could be engineered, the timeframe for transit between the Earth and Neptune would be just over ...

What is a Quantum Vacuum Plasma Thruster (QVPT)? • A QVPT uses the same principles and equations of motion that a conventional plasma thruster would use, namely Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), to predict propellant behavior. – The plasma is exposed to a crossed E and B-field which induces a plasma drift of the entire plasma

A quantum vacuum plasma thruster (or Q-thruster) is a proposed type of spacecraft thruster that would work in part by acting on the virtual particles produced by quantum vacuum fluctuations. This was proposed as a possible model for an engine that could produce thrust without carrying its own propellant.