The damned thing has been replicated by teams in China and Germany, and both teams say they saw otherwise unaccountable thrust.
That's apparently enough to get funding to actually test it in orbit, likely by three independent groups:
So relatively shortly (a couple three years) we'll know whether it's real or just another pipe dream.
Me, I *want* it to be real, but I won't hold my breath.
Mark L. Fergerson
tested-in-space
Man, that's exactly how I feel, too.
oth teams say they saw otherwise unaccountable thrust.
ikely by three independent groups:
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al or just another pipe dream.
I evaluated the EM Drive last year. It will not work in deep space. It need s Earth's gravity volume theoretic dimension flows. If it works near Earth, it will fail far from Earth. I hope for the dream to come true, but I do n ot have faith in the past publications on this subject. http://www.emdrive. com/interview.html
I'll cover that bet with everything you got.
And then again, you may find yourself looking for a new collection of physic books after some laws get broken.
Jamie
I can follow the virtual-particles-as-reaction-mass argument but I have no idea what that refers to. Cite?
Mark L. Fergerson
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