NASA confirms ‘impossible’ thruster actually works, could revolutionize space travel

[igrowone]

is this junk science or junk journalism?
usually, there's something down at the core however tenuous
zero point/vacuum energy ideas have been around a while, sounds like it's in that vein
so they will actually do a model test? so we wait for the result

 

[thatonedude]

maybe not related. but I find it funny how the whole world accepted Edison over tesla because of the fact that Edison's way made money and tesla's provided free electricity

 

[thatonedude]

i also find it funny that this forum aouto corrects Edison to be a capital e but when i type tesla it remains lower case

 

[supreme bean]

aye,but if you throw in this lithium crystal its warp factor 12 all the way t glasgow.captain.

 

[draztik]

I thought they were using Ununpentium to create warp drives.

 

[shroomologist]

Yawn... I'm still waiting for hemp oil powered rockets/shuttles

 

[supreme bean]

I thought they were using Ununpentium to create warp drives.

thanks Einstein.

 

[Miraculous Meds]

Yawn... I'm still waiting for hemp oil powered rockets/shuttles

they are here already.

what?

u haven't take a ride on them yet.

ur missing out.

Just take a bigger dose next time. Or try some of mine it will send u on a ride. or to bed.

 

[Miraculous Meds]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-t...lly-works-revolutionize-space-travel/#!btUBPU

NASA confirms ‘impossible’ thruster actually works, could revolutionize space travel

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When Roger Shawyer first unveiled his EmDrive thruster back around 2003, the scientific community laughed at him. They said it was impossible, that it was based on a flawed concept, and couldn’t work because it goes against the laws of conservation of momentum. But somehow, despite all of the reasons it shouldn’t work, it does. Scientists at NASA just confirmed it.
Shawyers engine provides thrust by “bouncing microwaves around in a closed chamber.” That’s it. There’s no need for a propellant of any kind like rocket fuel. When filled with resonating microwaves, the conical chamber of the thruster experiences a net thrust toward the wide end. These microwaves can be generated using electricity, which can be provided by solar energy. In theory, this means that the thruster can work forever, or at least until its hardware fails.
Initially, the idea was met with criticism because it flies in the face of Newtonian physics, which dictate that no closed system can have this kind of net thrust. Shawyer, however, says that net thrust occurs because the microwaves have a group velocity which is greater in one direction when Einstein’s relativity comes into play. But can it really?
Apparently, yes. The idea was first confirmed by a group of Chinese scientists back in 2009. They built their own version of Shawyer’s thruster and were able to produce 720 milinewton of force — but even then, nobody really believed it.

Now, American scientists at NASA have given the EmDrive a go, and once again confirmed that it actually works. The test results were presented on July 30 at the 50th Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, and astonishingly enough, they are positive. The team behind the drive still doesn’t know why it works, just that it does.
“Test results indicate that the RF resonant cavity thruster design, which is unique as an electric propulsion device, is producing a force that is not attributable to any classical electromagnetic phenomenon and therefore is potentially demonstrating an interaction with the quantum vacuum virtual plasma,” the report reads.
Therefore, we’ve still got a long road ahead of us before we’ve got energy-harvesting self-propelled intergalactic spacecraft, but these studies (assuming they’re not flawed) suggest we’ve made a major breakthrough in space propulsion systems. With further refinement, microwave thrusters could drastically cut the cost of satellites and space stations, and potentially even make it possible to travel to distant planets, like Mars, in weeks rather than months or years.

This actually reminds me of Die Glocke? Does it look like that to anybody else? Im gonna shit if I see hitler pop out of that thing.

 

[StoneyK]

So microwaves cook food... an we wanna pump that out of cars? Like a microwave rocket lol,
Im no scientist but that doesnt sound healthy. I MUST be misunderstanding the principle.

 

[mjg132]

Wile e coyote has already done it.

He got fucked though.....

 

[supreme bean]

So microwaves cook food... an we wanna pump that out of cars? Like a microwave rocket lol,
Im no scientist but that doesnt sound healthy. I MUST be misunderstanding the principle.

I cant say oil/petroleum has done much good for the planet or world peace.when the oil runs out we gotta find something better.innit.

 

[jd4083]

Just the media sensationalizing yet another story.

"How to fool the world with bad science"

Did you hear about the EmDrive, the “impossible space engine?” Here are the red flags you should have looked for!



https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-to-fool-the-world-with-bad-science-7a9318dd1ae6

It is refreshing to know that people like yourself still exist on icmag. Thanks for not letting the bullshit persist.