EM Drive Fuel-free engine could take a spacecraft to Mars in 10 weeks

[lovuian]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3305990/Nasa-conducts-secret-tests-impossible-engine-Study-reveals-fuel-free-thrusters-work-no-one-knows-why.html


Scottie did it!!!

An 'impossible' fuel-free engine, which could take a humans to Mars in just 10 weeks, is still defying science after another batch of tests by Nasa suggested the thruster does work.

The so-called EM Drive creates thrust by bouncing microwaves around in an enclosed chamber, and uses only solar power.

When the concept was first proposed, it was considered implausible because it went against the laws of physics - and subsequent tests of the engine have shown that the idea could revolutionise space travel.

[Katashi_itto]

1. K&R!

[ruffburr]

2. A perfect example-

Of the status quo, Conventional thinking being full of shit as usual.

[Rex]

3. LOL. Went against the laws of physics.

Yes our human laws of physics keep getting broken by even smarter mousetraps all the time. Laws were meant to be broken.

[hunter]

5. The "laws" of physics cannot be broken.

But we humans are very good at misreading them.

This particular experiment so far isn't living up to the hype.

I'm skeptical. I don't believe we'll be seeing Star Trek style impulse drive anytime soon, if ever.

Means of "space travel" we may yet discover will be much, much weirder than that, possibly weirder than quantum physics and relativity were to the "Classical" physicists.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. The results of the tests are actually very ambiguous. NOT proven to work.

See discussion at http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1228&pid=43266

(The Daily Mail ? Really ? )