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I love that the question of this technology's validity is so grand it can be approached with Fermi's Paradox. If such physics indeed exists, allowing interstell
by stargazer-3 11y ago
I love that the question of this technology's validity is so grand it can be approached with Fermi's Paradox. If such physics indeed exists, allowing interstellar expansion of life, then it increases our chances of detecting a signature of extraterrestrial life out there. Since we haven't detected anything yet, it seems that EmDrive-tech is less likely to be real than if we would have.
- adrianN 11y agoThis technology doesn't make interstellar travel much easier, even if it works. You only save reaction mass, but you still need huge amounts of energy. Our best bet currently are nuclear pulse engines [1]. Super advanced civilizations might use Hawking radiation instead [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_starship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_starship