Sentences with phrase «wind for propulsion»

Last year we detailed how Norsepower had rediscovered an engineering innovation, which sees large cylinders installed atop big ships harness wind for propulsion.

Not exact matches

Includes funding for aviation safety, new propulsion systems, and NASA's wind - tunnel facilities.

It has a solar sail that it can use for propulsion — harnessing the pressure of sunlight, just as a boat's sail harnesses the pressure of the wind — but it can also use the sail as an «orbital brake» to help it de-orbit to a fiery death in the atmosphere.

It has no engine, relying entirely on the wind in its two sails for propulsion; it's steered with a long paddle.

Renewable energy — in particular the use of wind - assist, or wind power, for propulsion.