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hifidelity2

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Reactionless Rocket Drive

Hmm - well its not the 1st April


	Quote: 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.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11769030/Impossible-rocket-drive-works-and-could-get-to-Moon-in-four-hours.html


	Quote: 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.

I hope he took out a Patent

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Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:28 am

davrosG5

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	Quote: The drive, which has been likened to Star Trek’s Impulse Drive

Well they obviously haven't been watching Star Trek properly. Impulse engines are effectively fusion powered plasma engines - they are frequently noted as leaving behind an ion trail and other ejecta than can be tracked (see also the torpedo in ST VI that nails the bird of prey - it homed in on the ships impulse engine exhaust). :geek:

Still, badly researched reporting aside. This is cool if it does actually work. I look forward to him publishing in a peer reviewed journal.

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