Lambert Academic Publishing has just published the book “Physics of Field Propulsion”, intended to serve as a supporting text for a course in space exploration science and technology in the field of space exploration. It addresses fundamental aspects of the quantum field theory and its applications in the propulsion of artificial satellites and satellites, and also seeks in Einstein’s theory of relativity theoretical support for the design of advanced and innovative propulsion processes, such as the warp drive.

The authors, Takaaki Musha, director of the Advanced Science-Technology Research Organization, Japan, who was also part of a team of scientists in the Advanced Space Propulsion Investigation Committee (ASPIC), organised by the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences in 1994 and Mario J. Pinheiro, professor and researcher at the Department of Physics – Técnico, intend to teach the course at the International Society for Space Science (ISSS), of which they are founding members, among other institutions.