{"id":106981,"date":"2020-05-12T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T23:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/woodward-effect"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T23:32:26","slug":"woodward-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/woodward-effect","title":{"rendered":"Woodward effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Circa 1990 to current o.o<\/p>\n

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The Woodward effect<\/b>, also referred to as a Mach effect<\/b>, is part of a hypothesis proposed by James F. Woodward<\/a> in 1990.[1]<\/a><\/sup> The hypothesis states that transient<\/a> mass<\/a> fluctuations arise in any object that absorbs internal energy<\/a> while undergoing a proper acceleration<\/a>. Harnessing this effect could generate a reactionless thrust<\/a>, which Woodward and others claim to measure in various experiments.[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Hypothetically, the Woodward effect would allow for field propulsion<\/a> spacecraft engines<\/a> that would not have to expel matter. Such a proposed engine is sometimes called a Mach effect thruster<\/a> (MET) or a Mach Effect Gravitation <\/i>al Assist (MEGA) drive.[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup> So far, experimental results have not strongly supported this hypothesis,[6]<\/a><\/sup> but experimental research on this effect, and its potential applications, continues.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The Space Studies Institute<\/i><\/a> was selected as part of NASA\u2019s Innovative Advanced Concepts<\/a> program as a Phase I proposal in April 2017 for Mach Effect research.[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup> The year after, NASA awarded a NIAC Phase II grant to the SSI to further develop these propellantless thrusters.[12]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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