Since we seem to be on the theme of fantastical force sourcestoday , it ’s my solemn obligation to inform you that respected airplane maker Boeing has aspirations to build a jet engine powered by optical maser and atomic explosions .
At least , that ’s what Boeing’srecently approve patent applicationwith the US Patent and Trademark Office would evoke .
Modern aircraft such as the Boeing Dreamliner are power byturbofan engines , which use a series of fans and turbine to compress air and ignite fuel . The newly propose engine — which at the moment lives only in patent documents — would work pretty other than , using in high spirits - power laser beams to vaporize atomic stuff within a thruster , get nuclear fusion reactions . The high - energy neutrons released by these small plosion would prompt the aircraft ahead , while the supernumerary heat energy would be harnessed to power a turbine to recharge the laser system — in essence create a ego - powered engine .
In the future , Boeing hop the fresh design may be used to power rockets , missiles , and spacecraft . If we really ca n’t have warp ride ( still an open head ! ) , it ’s solace to love that our rocket scientists are meddling cooking up other awesomely skill fictional actuation systems .
[ Business Insider ]
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