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philip347
Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive


Chinese researchers claim they've confirmed the theory behind an "impossible" space drive, and are proceeding to build a demonstration version. If they're right, this might transform the economics of satellites, open up new possibilities for space exploration –- and give the Chinese a decisive military advantage in space.

To say that the "Emdrive" (short for "electromagnetic drive") concept is controversial would be an understatement. According to Roger Shawyer, the British scientist who developed the concept, the drive converts electrical energy into thrust via microwaves, without violating any laws of physics. Many researchers believe otherwise. An article about the Emdrive in New Scientist magazine drew a massive volley of criticism. Scientists not only argued that Shawyer's work was blatantly impossible, and that his reasoning was flawed. They also said the article should never have been published.


http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/chinese-buildin.html
philip347
Comment:Looks like a resonant cavity warp wave.

This is where a wave is emitted, which ripples aether, which causes an after wave, within the cavity.
theory_of_nj
^^^ not exactly, read it again.

It violates conservation of momentum, i doubt it'll work.
philip347
No comment.

Edit, wait a semantical error is present in these dealings.

{They said no fuel}. However if you read carefully, you will see inside of the cavity that there is an anode cathode setup.

Sooo' they do cheat and really, there is a degratorial process placed on the target wave accepting gate.

If you use the original; premise here, then a cathode plate cannot be used.

My' how dastardly of them!

Descriptives like: I went out with Jean and she is really a nice girl.
Yes, but is she a virgin..?!\\

I mean' she might have done it on the dashbaord, in back of the bleachers, at the cafteria commons. But is she a virgin?
Harry Costas
G'day from the land of ozzzz

Smile, this theory and the experiments were conducted over 100 years ago.

Another process that you may look at is the Z-pinch of plasma as a driver.

eyeque
Their engine converts microwaves into thrust. I proposed a log time ago microwave ramjet engines that use magnetron's to pump microwave lasers within an intergalactic ramjet engine. There are always atoms however minute amounts in deep space. The ramjet functioning at close to the speed of light travel would scoop up these atom, furthermore at light speed the conventional laser will be directional in its emission to it travel and forward to backward will emit ridiculously high spectrum Gama-rays retro to the direction of travel. That's a microwave ramjet bonanza these high energy Gama's will as soon as pass near a stray particle in the ramjet produce numerous antiparticle pair that will annihilate with the percussing atom and explode with EMF Impulse bouncing of the cone shaped *** shoot of the craft to add the the collective momentum more importantly sPEED. Eletro magnetic force would be inducted within the engin to produce RAW Power to PUMP the lasers with microwave propulsive power from the magnetron's.
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