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By far the most likely scenario is that something subtle but utterly mundane is happening and no useful thrust is actually being produced. You say that: 1. stu
by goodcanadian 10y ago
By far the most likely scenario is that something subtle but utterly mundane is happening and no useful thrust is actually being produced. You say that:
1. studies consistently are showing that this seems to produce thrust without expelling any matter
but this is in fact the first peer reviewed study, so we really only have a sample size of one (not to say other experiments are invalid, just that we have no reason to trust them). Even assuming it is down to subtle experimental error, we may still learn something interesting, of course.
Far less likely is that this is actually producing useful thrust, and regardless of how it is doing it, that would be extremely interesting, and in all probability, new physics. Even if true, I don't expect it to completely overturn our understanding of physics, but it would be very exciting.
- Fjolsvith 10y agoHere's another article that proposes to explain why it works: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4953807 http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4953807
- indolering 10y agoOthers have tried to replicate the results but got thrust in the null position[0]. This indicates that the amount of thrust being generated is so small that it's likely the result of instrumentation error. [0]: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/ilr/rfs/ressourcen/dateien/forschung/folder-2007-08-21-5231434330/ag_raumfahrtantriebe/JPC---Direct-Thrust-Measurements-of-an-EM-Drive-and-Evaluation-of-Possible-Side-Effects.pdf?lang=en https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/ilr/rfs/ressourcen/...