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Lack of funding and investment in the space industry has caused a
exacerbated the problem by defunding NASA (one percent) and other space
initiatives. This upcoming years fiscal budget for NASA and other space
related institutions has declined by 31.4 percent (Figure 1). However, funding
was a problem even before Trump. Many U.S. citizens have lost interest in
the space industry because they believe it wont be relevant to them. This
lack of interest has led investors to invest their money elsewhere. Failed
related movies have promoted and glorified the idea of space, there is still
not much of an interest in reality. Of course, this can all be changed with
to Mars will not be ready for quite some time. Another example is a new
four hours. The star feature of the electromagnetic drive is the microwave
the electromagnetic drive looked to social media for public support and
opinion.
Figure 1: Budgeting for Trumps Presidency 2017 (The Right Scoop,
2017)
attention for the electromagnetic drives. However, this led many to falsely
Eagleworks- was able to gain more influence due to the use of social media.
funding, more action should be taken to help save the space industry.
Individuals can educate others about the exciting new discoveries in space
exploration and how they will be beneficial. The next big thing for the space
or the journey building more efficient satellites. Education is the key solution
for saving the space industry. Individuals can begin by reading up on the
electromagnetic drive.
What is the Electromagnetic Drive?
There are a lot of possibilities for this technology but also a lot of room for
problems with what the human body can withstand. It will take a lot of work
to produce a functional drive, which can be approved for human testing and
use, but once it works, this technology will revolutionize space travel and
within a magnetic cavity. This makes the technology efficient in the sense
amounts of fuel (Yang Juan 2011). This reduces the weight that would be
microwave thruster uses little fuel because energy is created and sustained
within a space. Though this will be further explained later in the paper, the
microwave thruster has proven that it does produce directional force with
undergone various prototypes, peer review, and has been proven to work.
into space.
The microwave thruster is also known as a resonant cavity thruster due
to its usage of an echoing cavity. The echoing cavity allows for momentum
is also generated around the cavity (White 2014). This follows the Law of
momentum will always equal the initial amount of momentum (March 2014).
Essentially what occurs is that the magnetic fields quickly push the
also salvages the electrons emitted because reusing fuel sources is the best
originates from the magnetron, which gives length to the resonance of the
that these wavelengths of radiation are staying within the cavity, and not
emitted throughout the rest of the vehicle. The radiation pressure is then
dispersed within the chamber of the tapered cavity, separating the waves
from larger and smaller, thus creating thrust. The thrust will always be
created on the side with the smaller wavelengths as a way to counteract the
force equals mass times acceleration. In short, this means that acceleration
will depend on the mass of the object as well as the force produced by the
thrust of the engine. To produce force, energy is expelled into the microwave
thruster to create thrust (Shawyer 2005). Then the thrust can be focused
energy will be transferred from stored potential energy into kinetic energy,
The Doppler Shift is a direct result of the Doppler effect, which is the
change in a frequency relative to its source. In other words, this process may
counterbalance to the stored and kinetic energy that will be produced and
assembly form an open system (Cullen, 1952). This leads us to believe that
the thrust emitted from the microwave thrusters still actively interacts with
the waveguide assembly. In relation to Figure 2, the open system allows the
This process proves the Unruh effect, which is the theory that accelerating
(March 2016). To make this happen, Shawyer and his associates would like
to use solar power to produce multiple microwaves that will create thrust.
However, if the microwave thruster is truly going to become a propellantless
icon, it must prove itself (McCulloch 2016). To do so, the microwave thruster
can use solar power, which may be unreliable in certain circumstances but so
can any other fuel source. Solar power is preferable in most spacecrafts to
energy source. Newton's Third law states that everything must have an equal
equal and opposite reaction (to follow Newton's Third Law). The end result
are photons (Annila 2016). Because it also emits acceleration opposite to the
capability," so any threats along the way can be countered. This is important
because if there were to be a meteor shower (Shaywer 2013), then the more
easily the spacecraft can maneuver, the higher the probability that the
spacecraft will survive. Unfortunately, some events are hard to predict. With
the time lapse in communication between scientists and the spacecraft, it
focus the thrust toward one side is beneficial in times of distress. However, it
case, there wouldn't be an easy way to maneuver the thruster back for
thruster--at least, there is the option to attempt to bring the probe back to
ready as soon as 2051. Even after this year, it may be found in a variety of
different vehicles. Once fully functional, this technology will be able to reach
called Eagleworks. This company is part of NASA and gained NASA funding.
and he is now working for Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd. This company is
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Statement of Goals
topic for the US and especially for President Trump. My work here is to inform
the public of how space travel will adapt. Hopefully, the reader has
space exploration.
topic which I was passionate about, so that the paper itself would seem more
passionate, and informative. The facts included in my paper are facts which I
can use in the future. These decisions were necessary due to the audience of
advancements. The message was how space travel is innovating through the
types of engines and how long it will take to travel to different parts of the
drive will look like. In the next few years, more pictures should be available,
write about Donald Trump and how he is a fraud, the impacts of his
immigration laws, or more. These topics are not that interesting to me, but
the topic of funding space exploration stood out to me. Additionally, after
receiving the okay in class, I realized this was the best option for me.