I wonder if NASA have ever think about the method of driving spacecrafts and
satellites through space using something else other than ordinary rocket
engines; but a 19-year-old student from Egypt has actually made it possible.
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Really Futuristic: Physics student developed new space driving force using Casimir-Polder Effect |
Aisha Mustafa, a university student of Physics, has patented her invention -
with Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). Her
invented method is a new type of propulsion system for spacecraft that uses
cutting edge quantum physics instead of rockets and thrusters.
The Mail Online has described the achievement of Aisha Mustafa as ‘the
invention 'leapfrogs' NASA research, and uses a hi-tech quantum effect to drive
satellites through space, rather than ordinary rocket engines.’
Mustafa invented a way of tapping this quantum effect via what's known as
the dynamic Casimir-Polder Effect. This uses a "moving mirror"
cavity, where two very reflective very flat plates are held close together, and
then moved slightly to interact with the quantum particle sea.
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