Djinnanetoniks t1_jczpql5 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 7:58 PM

Reply to comment by AaronElsewhere in IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218

No they are "virtual particles" that are spontaneously generated and annihilated within the quantum foam. Any more concrete explanation would need someone who actually understands the math of quantum mechanics in this field, which I am not :P

Djinnanetoniks t1_jculumi wrote on March 19, 2023 at 6:06 PM

Reply to IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218

This sounds like a refinement of the QThruster that NASA was investigating a few years back. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140000067 Basically using a very high voltage field to separate the spontaneous pair particles produced from the quantum foam and accelerating them with respect to the thruster in order to impart motion on the device and attached ship.