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Considering that photons have a force, I wonder if the force of the photos hitting a craft propelled by an EmDrive would be able to approach a star. The craft w
by mrinterweb 12y ago
Considering that photons have a force, I wonder if the force of the photos hitting a craft propelled by an EmDrive would be able to approach a star. The craft with an EmDrive would likely need solar panels to sustain the EmDrive which would increase the craft's surface area to encounter more photons and other energy particles.
- AKifer 12y agoThere's no need of a solar panel for big spacecraft, US and USSR have designed compact enough nuclear reactor that can generate Mw of power for various submarines,like here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_class_submarine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_class_submarine. There has been time that a single US submarine was able to power the entire Hawai island after a natural disater http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19821128&id=EZ4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SGgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758,7135178 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19821128&id=E...