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Speaking of space and planetary systems too far away to get to: What's the current status of the EMDrive? Has it stalled? Is there a space-faring test due soon
by crankylinuxuser 9y ago
Speaking of space and planetary systems too far away to get to:
What's the current status of the EMDrive? Has it stalled? Is there a space-faring test due soon to see if it actually works in space?
It's seemed to have dropped off the news completely. (Reddit emdrive shows nothing of note.)
- badosu 9y agoEM Drive never was proved to have provided thrust on a rigorous test, the theoretical explanation for it also doesn't have any basis on current standard physics. I recommend this video for a good explanation [0]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqoo_4wSkdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqoo_4wSkdg
- ajross 9y ago> It's seemed to have dropped off the news completely Gonna go way out on a limb here and guess "because it's totally fake" is the most likely reason.
- kbenson 9y agoYou'd think with as many people calling if fake as there are, we'd at least get some of them rubbing it in. Eh, it's probably just the media realizing that those stories aren't very engaging (the title gives you all you need to know), so they only get traction on really slow news days. :/
- contravariant 9y agoI wouldn't place too many hopes on a device that relies on violating the conservation of momentum to work. Special relativity and Noether's theorem place conservation of momentum on the same footing as conservation of energy and the constancy of the laws of physics itself.
- dghughes 9y agoI'm more interested in the Alcubierre drive it has greater potential. Or even better a combination of EM and Alcubierre drive one for "city" cruising one for the "highway".