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Ghost Dog

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9. What if,

Reply to Warpy (Reply #7)

Mon May 15, 2017, 04:20 AM

May 2017

instead of producing thrust that pushes against resistance behind thus moving forward, as Newtonian physics would have it, this 'drive' somehow opens a way, a change in the space in front, drawing the 'drive' forwards as if by suction?

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Not much if the Em Drive actually works when it's tested in low orbit later this year Warpy May 2017 #4

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IF! longship May 2017 #6

It might be Warpy May 2017 #7

What if, Ghost Dog May 2017 #9

Huh? longship May 2017 #11

Newton works perfectly well to get space probes to Pluto, and beyond. longship May 2017 #10

Here. About wacko warp drives and EM drives. longship May 2017 #12

45 years ago the last man left the moon. Jack-o-Lantern May 2017 #2

It should have been Moon Base Alpha in 1999. longship May 2017 #13

Easy for him to say, he's not going to have to do it Warpy May 2017 #3

Exactly. In fact they better justify why a manned Mars mission is significantly more useful at still_one May 2017 #14

Sorry Buzz, you're wrong... LunaSea May 2017 #8