[QUOTE]NASA and other space programs were working on prototypes of the EmDrive or RF resonant cavity thruster invented by British aerospace engineer Roger J. Shawyer. This propulsion device uses a magnetron to produce microwaves for thrust, has no moving parts and needs no reaction mass for fuel. In 2014, Johnson Space Center claimed to have developed its own low-power EmDrive.
Which brings us to today’s warp field buzz. Posts on [url=http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36313.1860]NASASpaceFlight.com[/url], a website devoted to the engineering side of space news, say that NASA has a tool to measure variances in the path-time of light. When lasers were fired through the EmDrive’s resonance chamber, it measured significant variances and, more importantly, found that some of the beams appeared to travel faster than the speed of light. If that’s true, it would mean that the EmDrive is producing a warp field or bubble. Here’s a comment from a space forum following the tests:
[I]That’s the big surprise. This signature (the interference pattern) on the EmDrive looks just like what a warp bubble looks like. And the math behind the warp bubble apparently matches the interference pattern found in the EmDrive.[/I]
What happens next? To prove that the warp effect was not caused by atmospheric heating, the test will be replicated in a vacuum. If the same results are achieved, it seems to mean that the EmDrive is producing a warp field, which could ultimately lead to the development of a warp drive.
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[URL="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/"]Mystery sauce[/URL]
Pretty neat, best get this thing tested in a vacuum and hope its warp effect is legit.
this is fucking mind-blowingingly amazing sounding; but I was to see that test in the vacuum environment first.
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damn warp ninjas
Could it be some measuring errors? Wouldn't be the first time.
If this proves legit... we'd officially be birthing a new era. The technology would need refinement for purpose, but the potential could change EVERYTHING.
[QUOTE=Grocel;47590165]Could it be some measuring errors? Wouldn't be the first time.[/QUOTE]
Could be, but here's hoping it isn't. Gotta have some optimism in the face of the tyranny of our current understanding of physics.
Let's hope there won't be horrors unleashed from any tests involving this.
If they've actually succeeded in this, awesome. I'm not gonna get my hopes up though. They thought they measured stuff going faster than the speed of light a couple of years back, and it turned out to be a problem with their equipment. It's probably gonna be the same thing here.
Did they specify what medium the laser light was traveling through? IIRC it isn't all that hard for light/other waves to exceed c in certain mediums.
[QUOTE=SinjinOmega;47590197]Let's hope there won't be horrors unleashed from any tests involving this.[/QUOTE]
Worst case scenario, warp travel would require human sacrifice unto Yog-Sothoth.
IE: I pretty seriously doubt this will hold true once they try to get it to exceed c in a vacuum
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rip automerge
Why didn't they test it in a vacuum in the first place?
The design of the EmDrive is ridiculously simple. If it work it would be like the wheel, we will be left thinking why it took so god damn long.
It would be mind blowing to believe that an Emdrive could create a warp drive, considering how simple (in relative terms) a device it is. However i still remain sceptical especially considering that it has yet to be fully proven for its original purpose.
Faster than speed of light :tinfoil:?
£20 says improperly calibrated sensors, but it'd be happy to be wrong.
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