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Originally Posted by morphius
I read the article on wired, and while the possiblity might be there, the reality is the thrust is weak:
And the US result was much less powerful:
So I have no idea where they are getting the speed from the test that the quote suggests.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...le-space-drive |
They are testing the drive in a laboratory setting at very low power levels. If I'm not mistaken, the NASA test was using 17 watts of power...Your damn laptop uses 3 or 4 times that much power.
This may surprise the shit out of you, but you don't seem to be very familiar with laboratory testing...
Edit: I cnnot locate the article that gave 17 watts as the input power for the NASA TEST, so I may have to hold off on that statement, but the fact still remains that there is no reason to believe the thrust cannot be scaled up. Also, non-scientists don't grasp the idea that in space a relatively small amount of thrust applied for long periods of time can add up to fantastic velocities.