[Spaceships] Real Life Non-Super Science Reactionless Engines

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by scc

From this news article: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...le-space-drive

For those who don't want to read it, there is are reproducible proof that specific microwaves inside a closed vessel will produce thrust.

The described setup does not actually prove anything.

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

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within a stainless steel vacuum chamber with the door closed but at ambient atmospheric pressure
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Thrust was observed on both test articles, even though one of the test articles was designed with the expectation that it would not produce thrust.

Both of those things are fatal errors. They're getting the appearance of thrust from bad setup, not any real effect.