Wired.co.uk's piece last week about Nasa's test of a new type of space drive triggered a tsunami of responses online. Many were understandably sceptical, others were unsure how it would advance space ...

Imagine if, after the Wright Brothers made their historic first flight in 1903, they had met with complete skepticism, because the scientific establishment did not believe that heavier-than-air flight ...

At this point, the EM Drive will be important -- if not for revolutionizing space travel, then at least for dramatically illustrating the difficulty of taking accurate force measurements at extremely ...

Seagate and BAE Systems have tested the first high-capacity data storage solution designed for use in space. The hardened SSD was evaluated aboard the International Space Station as part of a mission ...

In 1956, Astounding Science Fiction gushed about the wonders of a reactionless space drive invented in 1956 by Norman L. Dean. It could propel a converted atomic submarine into space, editor John W.