Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Spacecraft aren't slowpokes. But how fast could they go? Researchers are investigating a way to send a spacecraft soaring at speeds over 50,000,000 miles per hour.
NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) study called Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion, a revolutionary system for sending spacecraft out among the stars. This early-stage propulsion concept could drastically reduce the time required for long distance missions. Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion proposes to use a column of light and particles to propel a small spacecraft to speeds over 50 million miles per hour. To learn more visit: go.nasa.gov/360lmoc
To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic, please visit the 2019 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: vimeo.com/showcase/11008735/video/912822481#t=47s
This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.
Spacecraft aren't slowpokes. But how fast could they go? Researchers are investigating a way to send a spacecraft soaring at speeds over 50,000,000 miles per hour.
NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) study called Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion, a revolutionary system for sending spacecraft out among the stars. This early-stage propulsion concept could drastically reduce the time required for long distance missions. Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion proposes to use a column of light and particles to propel a small spacecraft to speeds over 50 million miles per hour. To learn more visit: go.nasa.gov/360lmoc
To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic, please visit the 2019 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: vimeo.com/showcase/11008735/video/912822481#t=47s
This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.
