Em drives

[RisingFury]

Yes, sort of. But there is a lot of reason to trust science there: We never really understood until a Century ago, how birds can fly. Now we can even explain bumblebees.

Birds and bees are well studied, with studies repeated over and over, with variations of planes flying in different ways. Also... birds do fly. That observation is solid.

I'm not convinced that EM drive even works, let alone what the theory behind it is. The observations behind EM drive are still inconsistent, with not even a clear relation between power and thrust. Imagine taking a wing and not getting the F = k * v^2 law out of it.

 

[Andy44]

 

[Urwumpe]

And another one against the EmDrive claims, this time from Dresden, Germany, with another replica of the thruster:

https://www.researchgate.net/public..._Results_on_EMDrive_and_Mach-Effect_Thrusters

Identified error sources in the low thrust measurements, that explain the observations there.

 

[boogabooga]

TL;DR- The EMDrive is actually just a compass.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Looks like the "WTF" in "WTF thruster" stands for "Well, that flopped". :lol: