maybe they are experimenting with plasma in general. Plasma actuators still on the table 👀
Discussion
Heard some people talking about this one recently. Don't know much about it, but seems multiple companies working on fusion magic
chatgpt thinks im onto something
https://chatgpt.com/share/68d02242-d250-800f-bb26-3a998045b4b6
Interesting stuff!
looks what I found...
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20120015251/downloads/20120015251.pdf
curious...
It’s interesting stuff for sure. My understanding of it was using DBD for adjusting flight control surfaces (i.e. replacing heavy flaps and rudders) as covered by this thesis for example:
https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/54521766/FULL_TEXT.PDF
Less so for actual propulsion as thrust is considerably lower than traditional methods. (Perfect for the vacuum of space though, hence NASA’s research and deployment of the tech).