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dingo1018 t1_jdvy0bm wrote

Reply to comment by electric_ionland in IVO Quantum drive to test all-electric thruster on controversial basis of "Quantized Inertia" by J_K_

But DARPA has thrown some money into the ring and it's worth mentioning it has been shown to produce thrust in line with predictions apparently to the satisfaction of independent testing facility, it's a head scratcher, I don't claim to understand it at all. But I will watch with interest, if proven this really is something new.

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electric_ionland t1_jdvyvlt wrote

No there is no independent verification, they paid a test house to go work in their chamber and afaik none of the alleged independent people who looked at it have been named. This is not independent testing.

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OneFutureOfMany t1_jdw6yt2 wrote

Link?

The EM drive initial test results were all described as minor heating effects and equipment error and didn't scale.

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dingo1018 t1_jdwf4m0 wrote

It was in the above link, and I think the localised heating was the suggested reason for the pioneer anomalies. This QI if true would explain the EM drive (which is still under considerable study by DARPA) it would also do away with dark matter explanation of outer galaxy rotation which in turn would mean we don't have to search forever for another particle that might not exist.

Which is really the whole point, an alternative theory has been suggested, the only way to test it is with a space test but everyone looks at this experiment and says oh another EM drive, it's not it's an experiment, the possible results could open up genuine new science and all everyone thinks it's a scam or something are chomping at the bit to say 'eternal motion device' or fringe theory, ok it is a bit fringe, but we accept hawking radiation, it may be we have to accept quantised inertia, there could be an absolute smallest amount of inertia (it's super tiny)

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electric_ionland t1_jdwozvi wrote

> the only way to test it is with a space test

I have ran some mN scale measurement test. You can do vastly cheaper tests on the ground if you are not trying to extract as much money from investors as possible.

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wegqg t1_jdwv7b8 wrote

I can see you're a real smart guy.

Could I interest you in my perpetual motion machine that is guaranteed to make you a bazillionairre (this is a very large new number that hasn't been discovered yet).

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