FIELD PHYSICS / FUTURE MOTION
New ways
to move.
Can geometry, light and fields open a new path through space?
We investigate propellant-free travel through testable models and precise measurements of light, fields and engineered boundaries.
01 / THE RESEARCH FRONTIER
A bold question.
A physical answer.
“Propulsionless travel” is the ambition. Propellant-free propulsion is the precise starting point: move without carrying an expendable reaction-mass supply. Every mechanism still needs an account of force, energy and momentum.
Travel on light.
Solar sails show that sunlight can change a spacecraft’s motion. Begin with a mechanism we can measure.
Explore photon momentum ↗02 / ENGINEERED INTERACTIONSExperiments + theoryShape the boundary.
Casimir forces and optical structures connect geometry with force. The challenge is the complete system.
Explore boundary physics ↗03 / THE OPEN QUESTIONCompany hypothesisMake Alpha 1 testable.
Turn a proposed geometric framework into equations, observables and a prediction that can be challenged.
Inspect the hypothesis ↗02 / A MOVING EXPLANATION
Follow
the momentum.
Change the interaction. Watch what crosses the system boundary. A compelling animation should make a physical distinction clear.
Light transfers momentum.
Incident photons and reflected light carry the opposite momentum change. The complete light-source–sail system remains conserved. This is an established mechanism.
Schematic accounting for an isolated combined system; include stored field momentum where relevant.
Go deeper↗03 / THE FIRST PROGRAM
Before a vehicle,
a decisive test.
Our first proposed instrument is a calibrated force-measurement platform. Its job: distinguish a reproducible physical effect from heat, vibration, cables, magnetic coupling and other ordinary forces.
FIRST DELIVERABLE
A prediction and a measurement
that another lab can reproduce.
CURRENT STAGE
Research program in formation. No Metric Flight thrust measurement, validated Alpha 1 map, or flight-ready system is reported.
04 / OPEN RESEARCH ATLAS
Read the work.
Find the next question.
41 linked papers, mission reports and methods. Each record explains what it establishes, what it doesn’t, and where it belongs in our research.
Near Field Propulsion Forces from Nonreciprocal Media
Published theoretical prediction
Direct radiation pressure measurements for lightsail membranes
Peer-reviewed laboratory measurements
High-accuracy thrust measurements of the EMDrive and elimination of false-positive effects
Published null experiment
05 / THE SCIENTIFIC WORKBENCH
Let the numbers
shape the ambition.
How much force does light deliver? What does a smaller gap change? How does a tiny force accumulate over time? Six transparent calculators make the assumptions visible.
IDEAL PHOTON THRUST
From 1 kW of one-way emitted optical power.
F = P/c. Electrical input and heat rejection are additional.
OUR STANDARD
A measured force.
A known boundary.
A result that survives.
That is the foundation for any new transport technology.
THE NEXT CHAPTER / CHRISTOPHER HILL