Showing posts with label space travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space travel. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2016

NASA's EM-Drive still under scrutiny

Some skeptical scientists are positing that the weak thrust from the EM-Drive might actually be an artefact. In other words, the EM-Drive might not actually work.

There's much more testing, repetition, and analysis to be done in finding out if this propulsion system works - and that is the way science should be, if we want to eventually move forward to finding a propulsion system that does work efficiently for the purposes of space travel.

https://futurism.com/expert-in-advanced-propulsion-says-nasas-em-drive-results-are-likely-not-valid/

Monday, November 21, 2016

The EmDrive: cautious optimism

It's amazing to see how advances in science can bring us this close to having viable, economical, and hopefully relatively cost-efficient options for space travel. After all, it's high time we colonize the moon, Mars, Venus (though Venus would probably be the BIG test of our current tech, in terms of horrible atmosphere). Given how the environment is changing here on Earth, we should be thinking of exit options. The EmDrive, if it works, would be a significant building block in developing our civilization past the confines of this planet.

http://futurism.com/the-physics-defying-emdrive-just-passed-peer-review-heres-what-you-need-to-know/