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Robert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer. [2] His literary work was noted for its scientific credibility and use of ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer .
The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft.It is similar in concept to the fission-fragment rocket in that the fission by-products are directly harnessed as working mass, and differs primarily in the way that the fragments are used for thrust.
The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft. [1] It is similar in concept to the fission-fragment rocket in that the fission by-products are directly harnessed as working mass, and differs primarily in the way that the fragments are used for thrust.
In the 1970s, Robert Forward proposed two beam-powered propulsion schemes using either lasers or masers to push giant sails to a significant fraction of the speed of light. [36] In the science fiction novel Rocheworld, Forward described a light sail propelled by super lasers. As the starship neared its destination, the outer portion of the sail ...
Beam-powered propulsion, ... by physicist Robert L. Forward in 1989 [6] ... model airplane with a propeller powered with solar panels illuminated by a laser. ...
"Starwisp" is a concept for an ultra-low-mass interstellar probe pushed by a microwave beam. It was proposed by scientist and author Robert L. Forward in 1985, [1] and further work was published by Geoffrey A. Landis in 2000. [2] The proposed device uses beam-powered propulsion in the form of a high-power microwave antenna pushing a sail.
In July 1988, Robert L. Forward presented a paper at the AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 24th Joint Propulsion Conference that proposed a Bondi negative gravitational mass propulsion system. [ 19 ]
Rocheworld (first published in serial form in 1982; first book publication, under the title The Flight of the Dragonfly, 1984) [1] is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward which depicts a realistic interstellar mission using a laser driven light sail propulsion system to send the spaceship and a crew of 20 on a one-way journey of 5.9 light-years (ca. 34 trillion miles; ca. 56 trillion km ...