[AR] Re: NASA test of quantum vacuum plasma thruster (was "Anyone heard of this?")
- From: "Ray Rocket" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "ar0cketman@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 17:25:15 -0700
This may be of interest as well:
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/shawyertheory.pdf
"A Theory of Microwave Propulsion for Spacecraft"
Frankly, I'm skeptical. I've seen plenty of revolutionary schemes in the past.
We've still got a long way to go lowering launch costs on chemical rockets,
and I KNOW that works.
Ad Astra,
Ray
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On Sat, 8/2/14, Willow Schlanger <wschlanger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I also discovered I have an old paper on the EmDrive from
"Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd." The filename is "theory
paper V9.3.doc" and I received it September 16, 2006 from (if I remember
correctly) Roger Shawyer. Here is the first sentence from the Abstract:
"A new principle of electric propulsion for spacecraft is introduced, using
microwave technology to achieve direct conversion of d.c. power to
thrust without the need for propellant."
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