Many companies have their own views of product
concepts. Some companies look for the best quality over quantity. They look for
the best products that functions very well and suits their needs as well. They
are willing to look past the cost of the production for the best quality.
A few weeks ago Boeing has teamed up with NASA,
university of Alabama in Huntsville aero physics research center and oak ridge
national laboratory are working together to form a new project to produce
nuclear fusion impulse rocket engines. You’re probably wondering what nuclear
fusion impulse engines are, well let me explain it to you in a better context.
Remember star trek, the television series? Well guess what, this engine will be
similar to it. It although may not be “warp speed”, but it still would let us
travel the galaxy a lot quicker than space rockets.
What an impulse engine looked like in Star Trek
Based on the information from Txchnologist.com, the scientists
are hoping to release the impulse engines by 2030. It is said that this engine
would take a spacecraft from earth to mars in as little as 6 weeks compared to
the recent shuttle that was launched earlier this year (2012) where the
Curiosity Lander took 253 days. This engine will be fueled by stabilized
isotope of hydrogen (deuterium) and Li6 (a stable isotope of the metal lithium)
in a crystal structure, which is basically dilithium crystals, just like they
use in star trek!
Dilithium crystals used in Star Trek
This surely will attract company buyers and get keep
a close eye on their progress because this is the biggest project people have
seen for an outer space project since the space shuttle and the moon landing.
This project will let us travel and explore this galaxy and possibly even the
universe in the near future, and we may even hit “warp speed”!
The making of the impulse engine