Lunar Tug Using Plasma Rocket

[TreAldMatVideo]

Created to many space junk in one lunch. If 100 lunch space junk it created be come Earth ring junk .

[nosuchthingasshould]

too complex, too long travel time too many things to go wrong and too much time for them to go wrong in. more of smaller launches of mass produced simple boosters with an in orbit assembly (perhaps some real use to be had of the ISS) makes far more sense. Your propulsion makes sense only for long range missions, using moon trip to just try it out would be wastefull.

[hellen1315]

cuando veo ese video me siento tan orgullosa de nuestra gente ,gracias franklin por permitirnos poder soñar y saber que si se quiere se puede felicidades y muchos exitos en tu vida

[Shadowsnshades]

What kind of fuel is used for the transfer?

[tomyloveu]

what a useless time no sound...

[exionem]

Wow... quien iba a decir que a 45 minutos de una de mis playas favoritas se está construyendo en el AD ASTRA ROCKET el VASIMIR.

Si esta tecnología resulta ser un éxito la historia del hombre cambiaría... dominaríamos el sistema solar y quién sabe si más allá...

Quien iba a pensarlo... mi pequeña Costa Rica a punto de hacer historia y cambir la humanidad...

[Cosmored]

This is a little off-topic but-

The Apollo moon missions were faked in a studio. To see a partial summary of hoax evidence, google "The Naked Scientists". In the "New Theories" section of the forum there's a thread entitled "Did We Land on the Moon?". The summary is on page 15 of the thread. It's the 7th post from the top.

Also, do a YouTube search on "MarsFaker".

[lkrrkl]

The VASMR will be the first project on the participating Costa Rica with name and titles. Thanks to the company Ad Astra Rocket Company in the same country. It is the pioneer in plasma thrusters and the only one that is developing. With headquarters in Liberia, Costa Rica, and Texas, U.S..

Franklin Chang-Diaz, scientists, engineers and exastronauta seven flights of the company's founder and leader of the investigation.

[rmascrac]

nice video and concept

[Blackberrypipe]

I want to fly there..

[lotussheath]

long name for a blue light =P

[Unclevertitle]

What the...? How DARE they steal that line from Cpt. Picard!

XD

[ychris25]

great vid. a little music wouldnt hurt :)

[Mirozenx]

i dont see why they dont use jet engines in space. jet engines need air

[whitelancer64]

there is no air in outer space

[Membrane556]

With a tug like this you can land as much cargo on the moon as Ares V using an upgraded Falcon 9-H.

[sideslide23]

thanks for your opinion tomanyasset but I don't know if the older people can handle G Preassure sling shot around the earth, they might not be in a good healthy condition to handle a heavy G preassure, 1 the G preassure you feel from blasting off to space, 2 the G preassure when you sling shot around earth and then go to the moon so do a favor, go to the Epcot center in florida, and go on Mission space and experience the G preassure

[niiidar]

Did you just say that you experience 1G when blasting out into space?

LOOOL

More like 7G at max...

[abram730]

stand up and behold the power of 1G... Really standing still on earth is 1G.. as in not moving.

[whitelancer64]

you are wrong, sir. in space, you would only feel "gravity" when in motion. the acceleration of the space craft would feel to an occupant to be the same as the force of gravity, but it is not, it is the space craft's acceleration. 1 G of acceleration would, over time, propel a craft to a very great speed indeed.

[abram730]

who's talking about space? the comment was liftoff being 1G.... That was the joke.

[Abunchanada]

Falcon

THRUSTER!!!

[TheEliteNinja]

lol what is that powered by?!

[whitelancer64]

plasma

[tomanyasses]

people dont know there are ways to ravle as fast as light butt try to send in a peer review and see what happens they want you to read fifty papers and fill out twenty and i can hardely believe how many idiots work there in the peer review places on the web. i to old and sick to do anything and many new physics will be lost forever there all in my mind so not to be stolen.

[foxphyre]

i hardly beleive that someone with the answer to FTL travel is going to sit and make a poorly constructed complaint about it on a youtube video. however, lets say you do have the answers If you were really worried about them being lost forever, would you really worry about your ideas being stolen. furthermore, history has proven that ideas can be independently be had by multiple people without each knowing the other. the jet engine was invented at near the same time by two different people.

[tomanyasses]

i almost dont knw what your talking about your trying to sound smart butt its not coming across, my ideas yes there are multiple ideas butt there rare to be with in one day or week that happend with anitbiotices to one day off. you didnt mention what idea i wqs talking about . like the nuclear bomb was made here before anybody else years before and it was the most top secret ever in america

[foxphyre]

just because I speak and reply properly doesn't mean I'm "trying" to sound smart. but to try and clear it up, I'm saying that the chances of you being the person who has the knowledge to break the light speed barrier, yet are sitting around commenting on youtube videos is very unlikely. also, if you are really do have the answers, and you are afraid the world will never know then you would come out with it regardless of the chance it could be stolen.

[tomanyasses]

that doesnt mean anything, do you think i dont know that you seem to lack some kind of wisdom or something trying to get something from me, think i dont know what im talking about and some body like you wouldnt start blabbing. i just trying to pass information on to the world that what went on in the past is going on now you didnt once make a talk about that again your a waste of time for me. your not adding to my intellgence

[foxphyre]

aside from the fact you made absolutely no sense, it is not my job or duty to add to your intelligence. and since this comment system allows me to reply to your comment then it makes perfect sense to "blab". so i commented on the fact that what you said made no sense. it still makes no sense. and i saw nowhere that you tried to pass on information. you in fact specifically said you couldn't because peer review was worthless. peer review is there for a reason and i think you found it.

[tomanyasses]

aside from the fact you have nothing of value to add to society please refrane from speaking and go to the kid section and stop annoying the wise ones

[teacherphysics]

Yes thats true , listen to talk radio 640 am coast to coast talk about this all the time. also many ideas have been stolen like nikola tesla, it shame there are so many ignorant people in america. I see thumb down by one.. good luck!

[foxphyre]

if that was in response to me, i was not saying that nobody would steal the idea. the telephone was a stolen idea. it happens, but if that stops the inventor, then they weren't worried about advancing technology. they were worried about advancing their pocket book. nothing wrong with that, just that the OP was trying to sound like he was selflessly trying to help humankind but being turned away by the science community when that was not the case.

[tomanyasses]

more bla bla of an idiot dont you have anything new or wise, same crap heard ten years ago .

[teacherphysics]

i did that i sent it in to science review your words are great and we think alike but we wouldnt have to worry about stealing ideas and about getting them in use if the public would wake up

[foxphyre]

ok i understand what you are saying. and I agree that the system is the flaw and the main problem is that the general public does not care about science. most people i have met take the stance of "ill just leave that to someone else". People don't think that it concerns them, yet they still expect things to be produced for them and breakthroughs to be made that make their lives better. they just don't care beyond that. they don't actively seek out what is going on in the sci/tech world.

[teacherphysics]

what you say is common knowledge been known for years and years, so what's new? besides anal people on you tube

[frbe0101]

How is it going to make many passes through the radiation belts without it panels getting fried?

[zataflex]

The belts, van halen belts are not radiation belts, are magnetic belts. The magnetic field of the belts is much less powerful than the magnetic field on the surface of the earth. Inside the belts run, trapped, ions that come from the sun and sometimes from the earth atmosphere. These are just charged particles. If you are not scared of static discharge when you touch your car or a know while wearing insulated shoes you cannot be scared of the belts.

[foxphyre]

Van Halen is a famous guitarist, but i assume you mean the Van Allen belts. they are indeed radiation belts. they are filled with charged protons (inner belt) and electrons (outer belt) and any craft that passes through them is subject to the radiation contained therein. the belts are very hazardous to small electronics and moderately dangerous to human beings. you are almost on the right path with the static discharge, but there is more than just static in those belts.

[zataflex]

You're right. Anyway for the common people we can say that the belts are a good shield from the solar radiations that sometimes is much worst that the belts themselves. Also the ISS is well protected by the belts.

[foxphyre]

again, you are on the right track. the belts are a byproduct of cosmic rays being repelled mostly by the earth's magnetic field and upper atmosphere. the space station is in such a low orbit that it is in much less danger of geomagnetic storms affecting it, though the possibility exists during solar flares. basically the further you get from earth, the less protection you have. and with it costing hundreds of thousands of dollars per pound to send something to space, shielding is not an option.

[zataflex]

I was reading some years ago about nice ideas to shield from charged particles. There was something about charging the spaceship or using a magnetic field to deflect the particles. Hopefully with the development of private space companies will become cheaper to send those equipment in orbit.

[foxphyre]

Yeah. I agree with you on that. The only way we are ever going to get anywhere in space exploration is private enterprise. as far as generating a magnetic field; it would work but i would imagine it takes a massive amount of energy to sustain. our energy harvesting technology would have to improve. another thing i read was about it being possible to dissipate the entire belt using conductive tethers. like punching a hole in the bottom of a bucket. i think they said it would take 2 years to do.

[tomanyasses]

bla bla bla all cause you said , this is been around for ten years your just learning that , ass head

[bestamerica]

ussr russia cannot have it from america plasma rocket..

russia cannot buy copy steal from this america plasma rocket design

[ActiveStorage]

we already did asshole lolol

seriously, there are domestic plasma technologies in russia. And some are pretty advanced like plasma stealth technology or cold fusion. Anyway, ion engines were theorized by many different plasma scientists all over the world, including russia

we need so real break through inventions tho. plasma engines are just an innovation.

[SeedLover101]

seriously, who cares who owns the designs, just let this design work efficently and promote other designs

[WalterSolano]

Stupid this is about a plasma rocket for space not an engine

[ActiveStorage]

why cant i act like a retard once in a while? :(

[WalterSolano]

lol

[Helge129]

stupid, a plasma rocket IS an engine.

[WalterSolano]

Stupid a plasma rocket IS a plasma rocket & a plasma engine IS a plasma engine. Stupid.

[Helge129]

stupid, the word "Plasma rocket" allways reffers to a plasma rocket engine.

[WalterSolano]

oh wow stupid u think I don't know that -.-'

[whitelancer64]

that is NOT cold fusion, lol.

[pogogo51]

Wait, how did this end up here? I was commenting on another video!

[aldionokillerado11]

how do u record over the bloody limit

[jkjambsj]

Not sure if it's the video or my browser or my drivers but I ain't gettin no soundtrack with this one :(

[benwl]

It's not you, the video does not have an audio track. Typically one of the scientists gives a voice over when we present it to people that visit our lab.

[roidroid]

Great animation, well done.

Since the vehicle will be reused, the total turn-around journey time will be needed.

Once the lunar tug leaves the moon - how long does it take it to arrive back at earth?

[Jmcenanly]

What is the vehicle that is being used to deliver the 100MT cargo delvery vehicle. It looks like a Delta 4, but I've never seen that configuration.

[istochnikov45257]

It seems like a Falcon 9H/H (4 boosters instead of 2.. lololol)

[hookah604]

what is the actual earth-moon travel time with this concept?

[benwl]

This particular mission uses 2x 1MW solar panels and can deliver twice as much payload to the lunar surface compared to chemical propulsion end-to-end. The trade-off is a 6 month travel (spiral out) time with VASIMR vs. several days with chemical. Obviously this particular design is only for cargo because 6 months is too long for humans to stay in the radiation belts.

[watchnasatvcom]

Thanks for the new video. It has been fun keeping up with your work. Is there a design for humans? I'm going to guess you would use a nuclear reactor to supply the needed power, as in the Mars ship. Which leads to the question; Do you see solar tech getting to the point it could put out the needed energy, lets say by 2020-2025? I have to say this: "recovery of space resources from asteroids and comets" is exciting, hopefully another way to benefit from space exploration.Dawn engines yours?

[abram730]

2x 1MW solar = 2MW of power

4x VX-200 engines? = 800KW.. what am I missing here? Do you mean 1MW max from to panels or are there going to be VX-500's?