Who believes a panel of Imams, anyway?
Exactly, how does it defy the laws of physics?
Which means we don’t fully understand physics correctly.
Infinite Improbability Drive
The principle of generating small amounts of finite improbability by simply hooking the logic circuits of a Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain to an atomic vector plotter suspended in a strong Brownian Motion producer (say a nice hot cup of tea) were of course well understood — and such generators were often used to break the ice at parties by making all the molecules in the hostess’s undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left, in accordance with the theory of indeterminacy.
Many respectable physicists said that they weren’t going to stand for this, partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn’t get invited to those sorts of parties.
Another thing they couldn’t stand was the perpetual failure they encountered while trying to construct a machine which could generate the infinite improbability field needed to flip a spaceship across the mind-paralyzing distances between the farthest stars, and at the end of the day they grumpily announced that such a machine was virtually impossible.
Then, one day, a student who had been left to sweep up after a particularly unsuccessful party found himself reasoning in this way: If, he thought to himself, such a machine is a virtual impossibility, it must have finite improbability. So all I have to do in order to make one is to work out how exactly improbable it is, feed that figure into the finite improbability generator, give it a fresh cup of really hot tea... and turn it on!
He did this and was rather startled when he managed to create the long sought after golden Infinite Improbability generator. He was even more startled when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute’s Prize for Extreme Cleverness he was lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had realized that one thing they couldn’t stand was a smart-arse.
This is the long sought “impulse” drive of Star Trek lore. Its odd, because there is no propellant- like an expanding gas in rocket fuel- to generate the thrust. So... you have a blast of high energy “light”- micro waves which are close to radio waves. You don’t get this magic thrust from any other form of light. What is going on? Lots of theories, little actual facts; other than the fact that it seems to work. Well work this one out... then on the warp engine ‘-)
Ok so it’s a thruster that doesn’t use convention fuel. It still uses a “fuel” called electricity that it converts to emit microwave radiation. The radiation is shot down a conical cavity. The “thrust” is speculated to be from the thermal wave from the radiation that is directed out of the cavity.
Don’t know how any of that defies the laws of physics, but it looks like it fits within all the laws.
For people that are supposedly really smart, they are really dumb.
I dunno. It’s been awhile since I took any kind of physics class.
I am high skeptical, however. Physical laws are immutable; otherwise, the universe could not exist.
The mathematics in the paper itself are not difficult; it relies on regular algebra. If I had time, I could go through the math and see if it checks out.
Somehow, I am reminded of the articles that someone kept posting a while back, which were claiming that cold fusion is real, and small reactors suitable for home use were just around the corner. I believe the person posting those eventually was banned.
Adarsh Verma needs to return to journalism school, or maybe even high school.
He obviously has confused ‘without any fuel’ to mean a physics defying process. ARRGHHH!!!
The actual engine uses solar power to drive a microwave induced thruster and the fuel is provided by solar cells in the form of electricity.
The unique aspect of the engine is that it doesn’t need to have on board fuel storage for operation.
So, when do we get our lightsabers?
.15g per kilowatt.
Doesn’t seem that much for a 1000 watts. Thats’s like about 1.3 horsepower.
So did Michael Mann’s
1.2 militnewtons if thrust certainly ins;t going to get you anywhere fast.
If it truly works, and is not a product wishful thinking, then it doesn’t defy the “laws of physics.” That would mean that the laws of physics are wrong, and need to be revised.
However, I don’t believe it disproves the findings of physical scientists up to today, as codified in what is known as the “laws of physics.”.
I tried to find a date for the article. Looks like it is based on a study published online on 17 November, 2016.
That definitely makes it recent, and news.
It doesn’t defy the laws of physics. It focuses and amplifies microwaves to generate thrust.
It still requires something to generate electricity, but it doesn’t require propellant. If you could supply a spacecraft with a large enough nuclear generator, you could fly around for quite a while.
We’ll have to wait and see how this develops.
I am surprised no mentioned the invention that made this possible, the flux capacitor.
Great, so where does all the kW of electricity come from? A long extension cord or a huge tank of prpane and oxygen, or nuke /steam generator?
Can it receive a bough light way way out there?
Great, so where does all the kW of electricity come from? A long extension cord or a huge tank of prpane and oxygen, or nuke /steam generator?