https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/nasas-impossible-space-engine-the-emdrive-passes-peer-review-510598be33de https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/nasas-impo

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/nasas-impossible-space-engine-the-emdrive-passes-peer-review-510598be33de https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/nasas-impossible-space... "NASA’s impossible space engine, the EMdrive, passes peer review -- But that doesn’t mean it actually works as advertised." "What it means to be peer-reviewed is that an independent scientist who is an expert in the particular field read and reviewed the work undertaken, and found it to be of sufficient quality to be a valuable contribution to the field. It does not mean that the results and conclusion of the paper are necessarily correct, or even the last word on that particular issue." In short, the paper wasn't so amateurish to be rejected -- it "looks" acceptable enough to be published. But it doesn't mean "verified." It doesn't mean that its claims are even repeatable by anybody else but the author of the paper -- and until that happens, it's just the claim of him. The same astrophysicist who wrote the previous article also specifies the criteria that have to be fulfilled: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ethansiegel/2015/05/04/no-nasa-did-not-accidentally-invent-warp-drive/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ethansiegel/2015/05/04/no-nasa-d... "what I’d demand at minimum: - A detection of thrust that scaled with input power: the greater the power, the greater the thrust, in a predictable relationship. - A thrust that was at least many standard deviations above the measurement error. - An isolated environment, where atmospheric, gravitational and electromagnetic effects were all removed. - A reproducible setup and a transparent device design, so that other, independent teams can further test and validate the device/investigate the mechanism. - And finally, a detailed results report with the submission of an accompanying paper to peer review, and acceptance by the journal in question. What we’ve got, unfortunately, doesn’t meet most of these criteria at all."