Next Japanese solar sail will be 10-15 times bigger than Ikaros solar sail and have a far better ion engine

January 31, 2023March 17, 2017 by Brian Wang

A researcher with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Matsumoto is deeply involved in the design of the space sail that will pick up where Japan’s IKAROS left off. Launched in 2010, the latter was a square sail 14 meters to the side that demonstrated the feasibility of maneuvering a sail on interplanetary trajectories. JAXA has …

Eagleworks NASA updated EMDrive models show possible scaling to 2000 Newtons of propellantless propulsion with multikilowatt magnetron

April 7, 2017April 7, 2015 by Brian Wang

Paul March provides updates on the EMdrive and Cannae drive experiments at Eagleworks NASA. If one envisions the quantum vacuum (Q-V) as a semi-virtual electrical plasma as Dr. White does, that would imply that the Poynting power flow vector would entrain the Q-V plasma and send it on its way toward the pillbox end of …