Egyptian Teenager Invents New Space Propulsion System Based On Quantum Physics - Polidicks

Interesting discovery on her part; Aisha drives could probably be handy for keeping things in orbit.

[QUOTE=ironman17;36132959]Interesting discovery on her part; Aisha drives could probably be handy for keeping things in orbit.[/QUOTE] Aisha Drives.... that's pretty catchy.

From what I can tell, wouldn't the force of this be similar to a Solar Sail? I mean, the force is definitely not astounding, even the article tries to focus on movement from a force over [b]years[/b]. This seems impractical for spaceship use. The concept also isn't a new one?

hopefully someone like aVoN will come into this thread and maybe explain the physics a bit better

[QUOTE=x-quake;36133432]From what I can tell, wouldn't the force of this be similar to a Solar Sail? I mean, the force is definitely not astounding, even the article tries to focus on movement from a force over [b]years[/b]. This seems impractical for spaceship use. The concept also isn't a new one?[/QUOTE] Unlike a solar sail, this could be used no matter how far from the sun it is.

[QUOTE=DrogenViech;36130271]Too bad this will be probably never heard of again anyways[/QUOTE] Well no shit its called extensive r&d. . . Also how much net thrust could be determined from this drive? Because it almost sounds like a reactionless drive. Making me rather skeptical, because aren't virtual particles something that cannot be harnessed for energy gain or something like that? And even if this is harnessed, the amount of energy harnessed should be quite miniscule and relativity useless in the realm of propulsion one would assume. . . And Darpa already looked into this somewhat, I remember reading it in this article. [url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=darpa-casimir-effect-research[/url] Interesting development none the least.

I seriously doubt this will be practical, I don't really know about the dynamical Casimir effect, but the force generated per meter of conducting plate in the regular Casimir effect is tiny unless the plates are reeeeally close together. Like on the order of a tenth of a micron if you want one Newton per square meter of plate.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;36135573]I seriously doubt this will be practical, I don't really know about the dynamical Casimir effect, but the force generated per meter of conducting plate in the regular Casimir effect is tiny unless the plates are reeeeally close together. Like on the order of a tenth of a micron if you want one Newton per square meter of plate.[/QUOTE] Yeah. . . The (dynamical) Casimir effect has more promise and application in nanotechnology.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;36135573]I seriously doubt this will be practical, I don't really know about the dynamical Casimir effect, but the force generated per meter of conducting plate in the regular Casimir effect is tiny unless the plates are reeeeally close together. Like on the order of a tenth of a micron if you want one Newton per square meter of plate.[/QUOTE] What are the problems that arise when the plates get that close together?

[QUOTE=DrogenViech;36130271]Too bad this will be probably never heard of again anyways[/QUOTE] There will be a day which is unknown to us in which everything good of the past will be heard [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ynTUD.jpg?1[/IMG] maybe i am being too optimistic .

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;36135573]I seriously doubt this will be practical, I don't really know about the dynamical Casimir effect, but the force generated per meter of conducting plate in the regular Casimir effect is tiny unless the plates are reeeeally close together. Like on the order of a tenth of a micron if you want one Newton per square meter of plate.[/QUOTE] Sounds pretty right. Its applications are currently pretty useless, but I can imagine we'll find a use for them if we ever go into deep space. It's one of the only sources of energy in a vacuum, so if you're conserving energy you might use this for micromovement. Who knows.