Re: [Phys-L] nasa emdrive

[bernard cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

> On 2016/Nov/15, at 13:42, Chuck Britton <britton@ncssm.edu> wrote:
>
> ok, what gives?
>
> I calculate ~ 3.4 micronewtons/watt for a photon beam.
>
> http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/11/new-nasa-emdrive-paper-shows-force-of.html
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" This led them to conclude that they could not confirm or refute claims about such a thruster. They plan future experiments with better magnetic shielding, other vacuum tests and improved cavities with higher Q factors to increase thrust."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster>  


bc