Inc. NASA Propulsion Program NASA sets its sights on the distant stars. If you could imagine any one organization or agency that craves to utilize advanced propulsion systems, NASA comes easily to mind. As one of the forerunners of space travel technology, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration continues to broaden scientific horizons here on Earth even as they search farther into space. Physics is still faced with a series of deeply profound questions at the very heart of the meaning of matter, forces, and the universe. Physics is still faced with a series of deeply profound questions at the very heart of the meaning of matter, forces, and the universe.
Modern science has much more work to do in order to conquer space travel.
Today's typical long-range electric propulsion devices, the arcjet, xenon ion thruster, and Hall effect thruster, are all insufficient to meet this challenge. If an organization could provide an environment where people could gather, collaborate and pool their skill mix toward pioneering goals, then perhaps the alternatives that will lead to breakthroughs can be nurtured and developed. With the ambition of traveling affordably and comfortably to neighboring star systems, three breakthroughs would be necessary. The first would involve a new way of space travel that reduces or eliminates the reliance on propellant. This would require a device that alters the forces of gravity or inertia in order to push against spacetime.