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People noticed an effect every time the Dean Drive was turned on... but it is just a stiction engine and obviously won't work in space. It could be this drive i

People noticed an effect every time the Dean Drive was turned on... but it is just a stiction engine and obviously won't work in space. It could be this drive is actually generating magnetic forces or moving air around and thus "creating thrust" by pushing off its surroundings, which won't work in a vacuum.

m_mueller 11y ago
... which was already tested for. vacuum or not seems to make no difference on the effect.
- ajuc 11y ago
  It could also push off the Earth magnetic field.
  - m_mueller 11y ago
    Then it should depend on the orientation (and altitude, geographical location). According to [1] this was tested for. [1] http://emdrive.com/faq.html http://emdrive.com/faq.html