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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 .
"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.
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.
The funding for the military components of the gravity control propulsion research had been terminated by the Mansfield Amendment of 1973. Black project experts, [10] conspiracy theorists, [16] and whistleblowers [12] [14] had suggested the gravity control propulsion efforts had achieved their goals and had been continued decades beyond 1973.
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay, used as a training facility, commonly known as "boot camp". The Naval Training Center site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and many of the individual structures are designated as historic by the ...
The company Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (founded by Robert Forward and Robert P. Hoyt) [12] has called this approach "Tether Launch Assist". [13] It has also been referred to as a space bolas . [ 14 ] The company's goals have drifted to deorbit assist modules and marine tethers as in 2020 though.
USS Recruit (TDE-1, later TFFG-1) was a landlocked "dummy" training ship of the United States Navy, located at the Naval Training Center in the Point Loma area of San Diego, California. She was built to scale, two-thirds the size of a Dealey -class destroyer escort , and was commissioned on July 27, 1949. [ 2 ]