"NASA Peer Reviewed EM Drive Paper Published" Topic
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 Parzival  | 22 Nov 2016 8:51 a.m. PST |
And so far, it still moves. Link to paper: link And a more layman's article: link Next: Test it in space. |
| Gunfreak | 22 Nov 2016 9:10 a.m. PST |
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| Ed Mohrmann | 22 Nov 2016 11:22 a.m. PST |
To quote a well-known (albeit fictional) alien: "Fascinating…" |
| Winston Smith | 22 Nov 2016 3:18 p.m. PST |
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| Parzival | 22 Nov 2016 4:07 p.m. PST |
To be fair and balanced, here is a more negative critique and analysis of the paper and its claims: arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/nasas-em-drive-still-a-WTF-thruster EDIT. Well, the bleep-o-matic bleeped the authors use of a certain WT(another initial here) acronym in the title. Dang it, Bleep-o-matic, it's not my fault. I think I've managed to restore the link. |
The G Dog  | 04 Dec 2016 7:31 a.m. PST |
I'll believe it when a ship powered by an EM drive enters Mars orbit. |
| Bowman | 04 Dec 2016 10:59 a.m. PST |
At 1.2 microN per kiloWatt that won't happen anytime soon. |
| Parzival | 05 Dec 2016 8:53 a.m. PST |
It's 1.2 MILLInewtons. You're off by an order of magnitude, Bowman. The thrust, if it's real, is greater than a solar sail, which is a viable interplanetary craft. |
| Bowman | 05 Dec 2016 12:37 p.m. PST |
You are right, it's 1.6 micro N per Watt, not kiloWatt. Or milli N per kiloWatt. That makes me off by only a factor of a thousand! It's the light sails that are in the micro N per kiloWatt range. |
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