Theory of More Efficient Propulsion Method Explored

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Concatenated JPRS Reports, 1993

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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Status: [STAT]

Document Date: 01 Dec 92 Category: [CAT]

Report Type: JPRS report Report Date:

Report Number: JPRS-UAC-93-006 UDC Number:

Author(s): Lieutenant Colonel V. Maksimovskiy: 'A New 'Perpetual' Engine?'']

Headline: Theory of More Efficient Propulsion Method Explored

Source Line: 93UM0447G Moscow AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA in Russian No 12, Dec 92 (signed to press 23 Nov 92) pp 32-33

Subslug: [Article by Lieutenant Colonel V. Maksimovskiy: 'A New 'Perpetual' Engine?"]

FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE:

1. [Article by Lieutenant Colonel V. Maksimovskiy: 'A New 'Perpetual' Engine?']

2. [Text] There are examples in the history of science of revolutionary discoveries by persons working alone which give impetus to a more precise definition of fundamentally new knowledge, the development of directions for application, and the creation of equipment which serves man firsthand. The pace of evolution is gradually declining. But this is where a new fundamental discovery usually follows and the cycle is repeated.

3. In our time, man needs to make use of more and more energy. But in doing this, he ruins his own environment. All the well-known methods of surmounting the crisis that has developed are based on traditional approaches, and taking into account the sluggishness of our consciousness, they may turn out to be insufficiently effective or overdue for that reason. But there are persons capable of getting 'off the beaten path' and suggesting alternatives which go beyond the limits of established conceptions. The bearers of these ideas are often eminent scientists, and they must have irrefutable arguments to support new theories. The pioneers follow a long and thorny path for this reason. We will acquaint our readers with one of these persons and his ideas.

4. V. Shabetnik, senior scientific associate of the NPO [Scientific Production Association] of Experimental Machine Building and candidate of technical sciences, suggests that airborne vehicles using a unique means of propulsion be built. Craft such as these will not need hydrocarbon fuels.

5. Two 'Whales' [scientific progenitors]