The researchers say this thrust efficiency is already "comparable to those of commercial airplane jet engines." The researchers say they're working on ditching their steel ball testing method for ...

Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...

Our technical objectives for this thruster development project are to meet or exceed the following thruster performance goals: * Design and construct a high density gas fed plasma thruster operated at ...

Chinese scientists suggest they’re bringing space plasma thrusters down to Earth, with a new kind that performs as well in the atmosphere as others do in the vacuum of space. Using just air and ...