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May 28, 2002: Antigravity Propulsion Systems - James Cox | Mars Update: Water - Richard C. Hoagland
Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland to discuss NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft data revealing enormous quantities of water ice beneath the Martian surface. Hoagland argues the hydrogen distribution map confirms his tidal model of Mars, which posits that two ancient oceans once sat 180 degrees apart on the equator. He contends NASA is downplaying the findings for political reasons, waiting for marching orders from the Bush White House before making a bigger announcement about a potential manned Mars mission.
In the second half of the program, James Cox, a 58-year-old Vietnam veteran and former TRW and General Dynamics systems engineer, describes his work on a backpack personal lifter based on what he calls the Gravito Inertial Lift System. Cox claims his device uses counter-rotating unbalanced masses and centrifugal force to generate vertical thrust. In static tests with 150 pounds of concrete blocks on a bathroom scale, he reports a 60-pound weight reduction at only 600 RPM, projecting full human lift at around 3,000 RPM.
Cox traces his inspiration to Norman Dean's 1958 oscillator experiments and explains how the Coriolis force creates a time lag between action and reaction forces, producing net directional thrust. He estimates a fully operational backpack could achieve speeds of 60 miles per hour with hours of flight time, all for roughly $100,000 in development funding.
In the second half of the program, James Cox, a 58-year-old Vietnam veteran and former TRW and General Dynamics systems engineer, describes his work on a backpack personal lifter based on what he calls the Gravito Inertial Lift System. Cox claims his device uses counter-rotating unbalanced masses and centrifugal force to generate vertical thrust. In static tests with 150 pounds of concrete blocks on a bathroom scale, he reports a 60-pound weight reduction at only 600 RPM, projecting full human lift at around 3,000 RPM.
Cox traces his inspiration to Norman Dean's 1958 oscillator experiments and explains how the Coriolis force creates a time lag between action and reaction forces, producing net directional thrust. He estimates a fully operational backpack could achieve speeds of 60 miles per hour with hours of flight time, all for roughly $100,000 in development funding.