Researchers have described a new system that integrates a laser-ablation propulsion system with the gas blasting nozzles of a spacecraft which can increase the speed of the gas flow out of the system ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2014—Scientists and science fiction writers alike have dreamt of aircrafts that are propelled by beams of light rather than conventional fuels. Now, a new method for improving the ...

The 200mm x 300mm Low-Turbulence Variable Geometry (LTVG) Supersonic Wind Tunnel is equipped with Mach 2 and Mach 3 nozzles. The facility was designed to fulfill three specific objectives: l) Low ...

An iterative method outlined by Green & Southwell (1944), but not applied in their paper for the reason that it makes no use of 'relaxation methods', is here applied to determine the supersonic regime ...