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I can see in the description that the photons are being bounced around, but it's consuming power, and no description I've read convinces me that the photons are
by CarolineW 10y ago
I can see in the description that the photons are being bounced around, but it's consuming power, and no description I've read convinces me that the photons are genuinely completely contained. Again, all the descriptions are incomplete and ultimately unhelpful, but I was wondering if anyone had done the sums about energy consumption versus thrust obtained by emitting photons, even if said photons had first been bounced around in a complicated manner, and then escaped.
Are they sure it's not losing (or even loosing) photons?
- T-A 10y agoSee last column in table at http://emdrive.wiki/Experimental_Results http://emdrive.wiki/Experimental_Results ("Force/Power Multiple of Photon Rocket"). The measured thrust (when one is claimed) is much larger than what an ideal photon rocket would produce.