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| Nov 27, 2020 at 7:04 | comment | added | user80860 | @a4android Agreed, like I said in the post and in my comment, there's a lot of debate. But, if it did work, it's the best we have in that class (the only known reactionless drive!) and the start of a revolution - since as I said above it violates known laws of physics. Even a microscopic amount of thrust is amazing when it violates laws of physics and doesn't require mass! It's a great example for OP since it's the same situation (something we can build but don't understand) and it even involves space craft! | |
| Nov 27, 2020 at 5:59 | comment | added | a4android | You are right when you say "if it works at all". Not being replicated by other experiments is red flag for it doesn't look like it works. Besides if it did work the thrust will be microscopic. Satellites try use it, assuming it works, for manuevering very, very slowly. Not enough for a practical flying saucer. because it would never get off the ground. | |
| Nov 27, 2020 at 4:31 | comment | added | user80860 | @DarthBiomech That's a bit of an over-simplification, there has been a lot of different ideas about whether or not there are errors and if so where they come from. However enough scientists believe there's something there that despite these problems being raised one to two decades ago, research at NASA, DARPA, etc is still ongoing today. You can check the wiki article here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive It's a good real-life analogue to what OP is describing. | |
| Nov 27, 2020 at 4:01 | comment | added | Darth Biomech | Are you talking about the EmDrive? I thought it was debunked in that the "thrust" detected was caused by the induction in the cables that power the assembly. | |
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| Nov 27, 2020 at 2:46 | history | answered | user80860 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |