Although such statements are always suspect, Charles Buhler’s achievement is backed by an impressive engineering background, a team of specialists, and careful experiments.
Dr. Charles Buhler, NASA engineer and co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technologies, has developed a ground-breaking propellant-less engine that may seem to defy known laws of physics by generating enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity, but doing so without using fuel – writes The Debrief.
Buhler, a veteran of NASA’s Space Shuttle and ISS programs, says among other things that the engine harnesses a “new power.” This new force can produce sustainable thrust by transforming electric fields. This discovery thus fundamentally calls into question traditional physical principles (rarely an encouraging sign for the technology’s actual functionality), such as mass ejection and conservation of energy. And there is no shortage of grandiose statements: according to Buhler, this new technology can radically change the future of engines and even define the next millennium.
Buhler and his team, including experts from various prestigious institutions and companies, announced these results at the Alternative Propulsion Energy Conference (APEC). By the way, this forum is known for giving space to discussions about unconventional propulsion ideas.
During his presentation, Buhler emphasized his more than 25 years of research, largely focused on electrostatics, which was unexpectedly central to the team’s creation of this new engine.
As was said during the presentation: by 2020, the early developments had produced a small but already measurable force – in the order of millinewtons. The goal, however, was to generate enough thrust to overcome gravity, which was defined as “one gravity’s thrust”. In the end, this level was not only achieved during the testing period until 2023, but was also exceeded – because these devices were already continuously producing enough force to counteract the pull of gravity. With this technology, the devices were able to create a thrust that was capable of lifting the device’s own weight, that is, it practically overcame the gravitational attraction.
The experiments were conducted in a custom-built vacuum chamber to exclude other factors that would falsely suggest the development of thrust.
Looking to the future, Exodus Propulsion Technologies is happy to collaborate with other companies and experts in the field to refine their technology and ultimately demonstrate the technology’s actual functionality through tests in space.
(The image used for the article is an illustration, source: Pixabay/SpaceX-Imagery)
