Posted on 07/28/2015 11:20:36 AM PDT by Mellonkronos
[Now this would be really cool! Hope it pans out!]
'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours
The British designed EM Drive actually works and would dramatically speed up space travel, scientists have confirmed
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 6:04PM BST 28 Jul 2015
Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works.
The EM Drive was developed by the British inventor Roger Shawyer nearly 15 years ago but was ridiculed at the time as being scientifically impossible.
It produces thrust by using solar power to generate multiple microwaves that move back and forth in an enclosed chamber. This means that until something fails or wears down, theoretically the engine could keep running forever without the need for rocket fuel.
The drive, which has been likened to Star Trek’s Impulse Drive, has left scientists scratching their heads because it defies one of the fundamental concepts of physics – the conservation of momentum – which states that if something is propelled forward, something must be pushed in the opposite direction.
However in recent years Nasa has confirmed that they believe it works and this week Martin Tajmar, a professor and chair for Space Systems at Dresden University of Technology in Germany also showed that it produces thrust.
The drive is capable of producing thrust several thousand times greater than a standard photon rocket and could get to Mars within 70 days or Pluto within 18 months. A trip to Alpha Centauri, which would take tens of thousands of years to reach right now, could be reached in just 100 years.
"Our test campaign cannot confirm or refute the claims of the EM Drive but intends to independently…
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
..as long as he didn’t actually DRINK the advanced tea substitute.
If he did he would find it probably didn’t exactly taste like tea despite telling the machine every detail of tea including the East India Company.
-PJ
I’ve been hearing about stuff like this, gee maybe most of my life, and do we have anything like this now! Scientists are like Politicians all talk little action.
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If you were to drink the advanced tea substitute this will be your experience..
It tastes almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. It’s absolutely disgusting. The cup itself vaporises, part of the Galactic Anti-Litter Program. The Nutrimat says “Share and Enjoy.”
(of course (c) Douglas Adams and Infocom in Infocom’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text game..)
Hey PJ...Who was that comedian?...funny deadpan act.
-PJ
-PJ
So if we combine this technology with the inertial dampening that results from a rotating magnetic field we would have practical high speed space travel. Cool.
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