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  • 13-05-2015 12:16am
    #1
    Princess Laika
    Site Banned Posts: 9 ✭


    Seriously, it's a load of rubbish, right?


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    #2
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    The chances are it will eventually be found to be spurious, once NASA can cobble the cash together to test it properly. That they're not taking it seriously enough to be able to raise the funding to do so, tells you all you need to know really.


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    Princess Laika
    Site Banned Posts: 9 ✭Princess Laika


    But reddit said it could be creating a warp field...


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    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Princess Laika wrote: »
    But reddit said it could be creating a warp field...

    Ah, I think I've spotted the problem. :pac:


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,787 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Exceptional claims require exceptional proof.

    Given the amount of power involved I'd be shocked if there wasn't some interaction with the test setup.

    A Cookes Radiometer will whizz around in sunlight and that's just a few hundred watts/square meter.

    2.5Kw of microwaves ( 2.45GHz isn't WiFi friendly) and they measured 720mN
    or the same as a weight of 0.073mg


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    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,242 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Princess Laika wrote: »
    Seriously, it's a load of rubbish, right?
    probably, unlike the Alcubierre Drive which is definitely gonna work (fingers crossed)


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    Mike Rowe Beanus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4 ✭Mike Rowe Beanus


    This bloke's made one at home and he seems to be getting some thrust.

    youtu.be/Rbf7735o3hQ
    youtu.be/KAMttfMC8PI


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    Morbert
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    It is indeed rubbish. More specifically, the notion that it propels itself by violating Newton's 3rd law, or by exploiting the quantum vacuum, is rubbish.

    The device itself is interesting insofar as it teaches us important lessons about accounting for variables in lab experiments. It is in the same category as the recent experiment in Europe that originally detected neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,787 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    1431354950-20150511.png
    http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3732


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