{"id":123610,"date":"2021-06-09T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/if-we-mix-jet-fuel-using-shockwaves-we-can-get-to-mars-faster"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:25:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:25:21","slug":"if-we-mix-jet-fuel-using-shockwaves-we-can-get-to-mars-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/if-we-mix-jet-fuel-using-shockwaves-we-can-get-to-mars-faster","title":{"rendered":"If We Mix Jet Fuel Using Shockwaves, We Can Get to Mars Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/if-we-mix-jet-fuel-using-shockwaves-we-can-get-to-mars-faster2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lesson in fluid dynamics.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Could astronauts surf to Mars <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-07-jolt-mars.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-07-jolt-mars.html\">assisted by a hypersonic shockwave<\/a>? A new paper in the <em>Journal of Fluid Dynamics<\/em> suggests it\u2019s a more likely scenario than we think, combining traditional propulsion with a shockwave method for mixing fuel ratios to reach their full explosive potential.<\/p>\n<p>In <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-fluid-mechanics\/article\/parametric-numerical-study-of-passive-scalar-mixing-in-shock-turbulence-interaction\/680352E69F4CAE8284D33676EF3EC9EF#\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-fluid-mechanics\/article\/parametric-numerical-study-of-passive-scalar-mixing-in-shock-turbulence-interaction\/680352E69F4CAE8284D33676EF3EC9EF#\">the new paper<\/a>, researchers from the University of Southern California investigate the way applying a shockwave helps or hinders how the \u201cscalars,\u201d or different fluids, can mix effectively. Take a leisurely swirl of oxygen and fuel and you might only reach regular supersonic speeds. But add the Nutribullet impact of a shockwave and the oxygen-fuel smoothie could carry you at five times or more the speed of sound, reaching the hypersonic range.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udef0 Space is a trip. Let\u2019s explore it together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lesson in fluid dynamics. Could astronauts surf to Mars assisted by a hypersonic shockwave? A new paper in the Journal of Fluid Dynamics suggests it\u2019s a more likely scenario than we think, combining traditional propulsion with a shockwave method for mixing fuel ratios to reach their full explosive potential. In the new paper, researchers [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}