Crossing the Space Frontier

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10 жыл бұрын

Since the 1970s, starting at MIT and then for 25 years at NASA, astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz and his team of scientists have worked to develop a faster propulsion technology for space travel. The result is the VASIMR engine, a plasma rocket that can travel 10 times faster than a chemical rocket, uses 1/10th the amount of fuel, and can transport cargo more economically than any existing space technology.
A Boundless Media and Ad Astra Rocket Company film production

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@stephenyurica9834 10 жыл бұрын

What an honor for Costa Rica, to be part of this ambitious but urgent scientific break-through. Guanacaste is the center of innovation and clean technology for sustainable development. Thanks Franklin

@kennethjinesta 10 жыл бұрын

Gracias Dr Franklin, es un orgullo para Costa Rica, muchos exitos para ud, el VASMIR y Ad Astra...!

@rmarinero 10 жыл бұрын

que orgullo para Costa Rica y lo mejor fue ver en el video de animación partes del Vasimir diseñadas aca

@EtherealMarksman 2 жыл бұрын

By the way thank you Franklin Chang Diaz for replying to me on twitter. I was the one who asked you about the progress after buying the book about fundamentals of electric propulsion. I am almost done with your book "To Mars and Beyond, Fast!: How Plasma Propulsion Will Revolutionize Space Exploration"

@Hsibaja 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing ..... A dream come true ..... I cant wait to see this rocket in action ..... Pura Vida

@TonyWhitehead 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and very inspiring!

@adastrarocket 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Let's keep the momentum and excitement going.

@NostromoX 10 жыл бұрын

The future is VASIMIR !!

@josuealfaro 10 жыл бұрын

amazing!!! tecnology :3

@robertsuhrer5604 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Impulse engines of Star Trek for sublight speeds but in Star Trek, the Impulse Engines use fusion as the power source. Can't wait for an EMDrive scaled up using matter/antimatter annihilation for Warp space travel...

@imshadi 6 жыл бұрын

It seems like the EMDrive was not a real thing. An illusion product of the interaction of the engine's magnetic field with that of the earth. Impulse is still our only chance.

@magcarb5489 2 жыл бұрын

Do your own research. But that is the ultimate realistic goal.

@EtherealMarksman 2 жыл бұрын

I want to make this better be nuclear fusion integration ready.

@Unbreaded452 Жыл бұрын

I don't know that Diaz is a con-man... But I can tell you that is in-fact a UV light they have built. And yeah it's a lot of heat if you can find that kinda power in space. However ion gas thrusters then make more sense. And also where is this magnetic rocket nozzle? Why is it not a vacuum nozzle? For that fact why do you need an expansion cone? Why use a toroid shape cone at all if the gas is moving that fast. You are not introducing oxygen...so the expansion nozzle is what makes me think maybe Diaz is a con...