Hacker News with Generative AI: Propulsion

Rotating Detonation Engine (twz.com)
A novel type of jet propulsion, a rotating detonation engine (RDE), has been successfully tested by Pratt & Whitney. The development could be highly significant for the U.S. military, with RDE technology at the center of the project called Gambit, which aims to provide a propulsion system for a mass-producible, low-cost, high-supersonic, long-range weapon for air-to-ground strike.
Military, Aeronautics, Propulsion, Technology, Engineering
4 points by uticus 28 days ago | 0 comments
Antimatter production, storage, control, annihilation applications in propulsion (sciencedirect.com)
Antimatter propulsion is a groundbreaking technology with potential to transform space exploration, enabling travel to distant locations once deemed impossible.
Space Exploration, Physics, Antimatter, Propulsion
163 points by belter 108 days ago | 163 comments
Beamed Propulsion and Planetary Security (centauri-dreams.org)
Power beaming to accelerate a ‘lightsail’ has been pondered since the days when Robert Forward became intrigued with nascent laser technologies.
Space Exploration, Propulsion, Planetary Defense
11 points by JPLeRouzic 196 days ago | 2 comments
GE Aerospace Successfully Develops and Tests New Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet (geaerospace.com)
Aerospace, Hypersonic, Propulsion, Testing, GE Aerospace
144 points by NoRagrets 264 days ago | 150 comments
NASA Veteran's Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn't Work (thedebrief.org)
NASA, Propulsion, Physics, Space Travel
38 points by DanielBMarkham 347 days ago | 45 comments
Cycloidal marine propellers: Efficient thrust in any direction (newatlas.com)
Marine Engineering, Propulsion, Technology, Design
100 points by Zobat 352 days ago | 45 comments
RocketStar tests fusion-enhanced in-space propulsion process (aerospacetestinginternational.com)
Space Exploration, Propulsion, Technology
73 points by wawayanda 352 days ago | 59 comments