Here’s a nice video by Bloomberg with recent news about the Mach Effect Gravity Assist (MEGA) thruster work underway in the lab and around the world.
Before we get to the Star Trek era, SSI sees a near term application for propellantless propulsion: station-keeping for structures in space.
Thanks to all Space Studies Institute senior associates, members, donors, supporters and volunteers, the research led by Professors Jim Woodward and Hal Fearn continues beyond the NASA NIAC grants that ended in 2020.