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[Phys-L] 'Unorthodox' propulsion?



http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140006052

Doesn’t any EM beam have momentum given by p = E / c ?

So a 1000watt microwave oven magnetron would produce a force of ~ 3 micro-newtons?