Post by picturefreak on May 23, 2018 22:30:28 GMT -5
It was at least some hope, but finally someone verified it as most likely bunk.
Appears that NASA was the first to pretty much prove that the reactionless drive engine is not really reactionless, but rather is merely repelling against the magnetic field of the Earth.
www.space.com/40682-em-drive-impossible-space-thruster-test.html
Very unfortunate, it's always good to have hope. But now we're back to square one and not much hope cheaply getting to another planet...
Hoping that people keep in mind it was apparently violating laws of motion and not laws of thermodynamics. They may be somewhat interrelated but different.
"An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon another force. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon another force. To make an action there must be an equal and opposite reaction" (Laws of motion, conservation of momentum)
vs
"You're forced to play. You can't win. You can't break even." (Laws of thermodynamics)
Appears that NASA was the first to pretty much prove that the reactionless drive engine is not really reactionless, but rather is merely repelling against the magnetic field of the Earth.
www.space.com/40682-em-drive-impossible-space-thruster-test.html
Very unfortunate, it's always good to have hope. But now we're back to square one and not much hope cheaply getting to another planet...
Hoping that people keep in mind it was apparently violating laws of motion and not laws of thermodynamics. They may be somewhat interrelated but different.
"An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon another force. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon another force. To make an action there must be an equal and opposite reaction" (Laws of motion, conservation of momentum)
vs
"You're forced to play. You can't win. You can't break even." (Laws of thermodynamics)