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  • Re: E. Laureti isn't the only crackpot out there

    From WolfFan@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Sun Mar 30 14:07:17 2025
    On Mar 30, 2025, erik simpson wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/engineer-says-found-way-overcome-124000620.html

    As they say, spherical bullshit.

    Wkae me when they can lift at least 1 kilogram at least 1 meter with a sustained acceleration of at least 1 meter per second per second greater than gravity. Hell, if they can just reduce the effect of gravity so that reaction drives get more efficient, that’ll do; once in orbit even a little acceleration would be very useful.

    Frankly, though, I suspect that it won’t work. Ever.

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  • From Pro Plyd@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Mon Mar 31 22:30:11 2025
    erik simpson wrote:
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/engineer-says-found-way-overcome-124000620.html

    As they say, spherical bullshit.


    "In 2001, British Electrical Engineer Roger
    Shawyer first introduced the “impossible
    drive,” known as the EmDrive. It was called
    “impossible” because its creator purported
    that the drive was reactionless, meaning no
    propellant required—in other words, it
    defied the known laws of physics
    (specifically, the conservation of
    momentum)."


    Should the Douglas Adams estate sue? ;)

    https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Infinite_Improbability_Drive

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