propulsion

I am posting this question here cause this is one of the most educated forums around... I saw some footage on either PBS or the discovery channel a few years ago of a little flying robot that was being tested by some engineers. It was using some kind of pulsed combustion technology for...

George Will takes a break from writing about politics today. The public's diminishing capacity for astonishment is astonishing. Perhaps second only to Einstein's question (Did God have a choice in the creation of the world?) is this one: How did matter, which is what we are, become conscious...

Okay, we all know that this, more then anything, is the one thing that is most hindering exploration, whether manned or unmanned, of outer space. To date, our farthest probe from Earth is STILL IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM after 26 years of top speed cruising (Voyager 1). With that in mind, what...

Okay, I am conviced that the ONLY way humankind is going to make any kind of progress in the future in regards to space is in a breakthrough in propulsion technology. Besides Ion Drives (which are still kind of primitive), we haven't developed anything of note in 30-40 years, right? What kinds...