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Vacuum arc thruster

A vacuum arc thruster (VAT) is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion. It uses a vacuum arc discharge, across an insulator, between two electrodes to produce thrust. A metal plasma is produced from micrometer-size cathodic spots. Thus, whereas the insulator is used as propellant in a pulsed plasma thruster, in an VAT the metallic cathode is consumed as propellant. (Wikipedia).

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How to Make a Vacuum Cannon

To learn how I made the vacuum pump used to operate this cannon, take a look at this video: http://youtu.be/UkPLu6mgdWA A vacuum cannon is an interesting physics demonstration that shows how much atmospheric pressure there is at the earths surface, though we do not feel it because our bod

From playlist Science & Experiments

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How to Make a Vacuum Pump

This video will show how to make a vacuum pump, a device that can be used to suck the air out of sealed environments. This is the same pump I use to operate my vacuum cannon seen here: http://youtu.be/CVL99yIB3NQ A clear vacuum chamber such as the one seen in the video can be obtained by

From playlist Practical Projects & Skills

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NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) | Gridded Ion Thruster

A gridded ion thruster uses electrical energy to create, accelerate and neutralize positively charged ions to generate thrust. The discharge chamber is responsible for the creation of ions when neutral atoms and electrons collide while the magnetic field containing the electrons increases

From playlist Other cool videos

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Steam Vacuum - Making/How it Works

A steam vacuum is a vacuum that's create by making steam in a container (I use a microwave and a kettle) and then rapidly cooling it back to water (condensing it), leaving behind a vacuum. This vacuum is a low pressure are that dramatically sucks in more water and, if in a flexible contain

From playlist Science Projects

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7 Amazing Physics Tricks with Vacuum pump That You Must see!!!

Physics (la physique) demonstration experiment

From playlist physics

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AWESOME simple Vacuum gun - Old cannon gun - Coil gun!

In this video i show vacuum gun with hoover explaining how it works, old cannon gun with liquid gas explaining Newton' s third law and electromagnetic gun (coil gun)!

From playlist ELECTROMAGNETISM

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Vane Pump

http://www.mekanizmalar.com A rotary vane pump is a positive-displacement pump that consists of vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside of a cavity.

From playlist Pumps

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How to Make a Large Bore Vacuum Cannon

In this video I show how to make a large vacuum cannon with a 4 inch bore. Vacuum cannons are a classic science experiment used to demonstrate atmospheric pressure, though very rarely are they made as large as this. My ammunition is 3 inch PVC end caps, and atmospheric pressure is the only

From playlist DIY Ballistics

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NASA's Engines and Possible Speed of Light Propulsion?

New propulsion technology is explained and the most advanced the ion engine, which in theory can propel a spacecraft nearing the speed of light.

From playlist Mechanical Engineering

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How to make an Ion Thruster

Use my referral link to receive 1,000 free Supercharger miles with the purchase and delivery of a new Tesla car, or earn a $100 award after system activation by purchasing or subscribing to solar panels: https://ts.la/melinda82401 In today's episode we learn how ion propulsion works, and

From playlist Ion Engines Playlist

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Lec 33 - Phys 237: Gravitational Waves with Kip Thorne

Watch the rest of the lectures on http://www.cosmolearning.com/courses/overview-of-gravitational-wave-science-400/ Redistributed with permission. This video is taken from a 2002 Caltech on-line course on "Gravitational Waves", organized and designed by Kip S. Thorne, Mihai Bondarescu and

From playlist Caltech: Gravitational Waves with Kip Thorne - CosmoLearning.com Physics

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Is Space Travel Possible??

God save us from ignorant people! You would be surprised by the number of people wanting to not know! Check my tee-shirts at: http://teespring.com/stores/electroboom It would be pretty awesome if you support ElectroBOOM at Patreon: http://patreon.com/electroboom Electro-CUTE channel: h

From playlist The RECTIFIER

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Lec 9 | MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005

OMS, RCS, Fuel Cells, Auxiliary Power Unit and Hydraulic Systems View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/16-885F05 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

From playlist MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005

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Can you use water as rocket fuel?

Could water be the rocket fuel of the future? Learn more about Jesús and his research on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/simonclark-how-to-do-a-phd-in-spacecraft-engineering Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/simonclark Previous episodes in

From playlist PhD stories

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Advanced Propulsion for JPL Deep Space Missions | The von Kármán Lecture Series: 2009

JPL’s Dawn mission is en route to rendezvous with the main-belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres, and is using ion propulsion to get there. Similar thrusters have been used by communications satellites to control their orbits around Earth, but Dawn is one of the first NASA missions to use this te

From playlist Ion Engines Playlist

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Air Breathing Ion Thrusters & Low Orbit Satellites

Lower orbits are desirable for some spacecraft, but the Earth's atmosphere doesn't give spacecraft below 300km a long life. However ESA scientists recently demonstrated an electrical ramjet that could make low orbits viable for long term spacecraft.

From playlist Ion Engines Playlist

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The EM Drive: Fact or Fantasy?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Because you demanded it … we break down the EM Drive! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1Ql

From playlist The Real Science of Warp Drives, Wormoholes and Faster Than Light (FTL) Travel

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Thrusters That Eat Teflon! | Pulsed Plasma Thrusters

The first 777 people to sign up at https://brilliant.org/scishowspace/ will get 20% off of their annual Premium subscription AND support SciShow Space! Pulsed plasma thrusters use the same stuff that’s on your frying pan to make spacecraft zoom around the universe. And they’ve been doing

From playlist SciShow Space

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Engineering Disasters: A Look at a Tunnel Boring Machine | History

How is a tunnel boring machine like an inchworm? Michael Horodniceanu and Mike Lindblom explain in this web exclusive. #EngineeringDisasters Subscribe for more from Engineering Disasters and other great HISTORY shows: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Find out more about the show on our

From playlist Engineering Disasters | History

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Piston powered vacuum canon

Thank you to nighthawkinlight for the original video and design ideas. see his videos below. Nighthawkinlight channel links: How to make a PVC Piston: https://youtu.be/BCZGWvieJ7I Making a Piston powered vacuum canon https://youtu.be/9ydJXOTf1-4 Improved design vacuum canon: https://youtu

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