[NIAC 2023] NASA Develops Flying Saucers. Literally
There's an effect called photophoretic propulsion. You could have seen it in a Crookes radiometer. One of the NIAC awards of 2023 was granted to a team that hopes to use this effect to develop a propulsion system. This can allow flying in altitudes nothing else can fly and possibly even explore other worlds.
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- 00:00 Intro \n
- 01:19 Levitation in science \n
- 05:47 Coming up with a design \n
- 11:33 Testing the design \n
- 15:34 Potential applications \n
- 23:10 Challenges \n
- 28:03 Other worlds \n
- 33:18 Outro \n
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