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EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. NASA a
by benologist 10y ago
EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times.
NASA and others are still testing those drives so last year might be a bit premature to write the idea off?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster
- neotek 10y ago>EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. Your example busts your point wide open!
- mbrumlow 10y agoThe difference is we don't know how the EM drive is working (or are we sure it is working). The 3 projects in the parents flat out don't work, and we know why they don't work -- or at least know to what extent they will work. By the logic you have presented then we should be funding projects that wish to compress all 8 bit connotations into 7 bits. I can go make a nice video of how awesome it would be if we could do this. How it would change the world. Literally, if somebody could compress every 8 bit combination into 7 bits it would change the world overnight. Should we fund a product that advertises it could do this with a nice video and a website?