Zero Mass Loss Thruster Devices
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Zero Mass Loss Thruster Devices |
| Author(s) | Paul M Brown |
| Keywords | Newton?s laws, phased pulses, reaction mass, reactionless propulsion, velocity of force |
| Published | 1992 |
| Journal | Electric Spacecraft Journal |
| Number | 7 |
| Pages | 26-32 |
Abstract
Mechanical devices are often described which claim to produce a net directional thrust from motion confined within the device. Thus far, no such device is known to have accomplished this claim without some reaction force transfer (usually of a viscous or frictional nature) to the external environment. Paul Brown presents examples of arguments sometimes used to justify the mechanical production of net thrust.