To: cripplecreek
And the Ion propulsion we use on some spacecraft now has about enough force to lift a single sheet of notebook paper. About 0.15oz? (this old brain does not think well in micronewtons)
About 800 times more powerful than the experimental engine under discussion?
14 posted on
08/07/2014 8:30:32 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
To: BwanaNdege
Well one is in actual use and the other is being tested on a small scale.
BTW despite the claim that this is the same as Ion propulsion up thread, Ion drives actually do need to carry fuel. They use argon gas I believe.
16 posted on
08/08/2014 3:53:59 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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