[Spaceships] Real Life Non-Super Science Reactionless Engines

0B1-KN0B · 08-01-2014, 06:37 PM

I have noticed that NASA has been publishing a lot of questionable ideas in the past decade or so. My suspicion is that they're doing so to avoid accusations of a cover-up or ignoring non-establishment scientists. Take the results as given, run a series of cheap tests that gives the original experimenter publicity, then run a slightly more expensive and rigorous series of tests that eliminate the wiggle room for error or fraud, and follow up with a press release saying how disappointed everyone is that it didn't work.

Science-illiterate Congresscritter: "Why are you ignoring Doctor Lizardo's ground-breaking work on the R-pressure electrodynamic thruster?"

NASA Spokescritter: "Oh, we tested that. The tests are on YouTube if you want to see them. Sadly it turned out to be an ordinary stiction device. We're very disappointed. Incidentally, did Doctor Lizardo ever bother to mention to you that their PhD is in literature?"

08-01-2014, 06:37 PM	#11
0B1-KN0B Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: [Spaceships] Real Life Non-Super Science Reactionless Engines I have noticed that NASA has been publishing a lot of questionable ideas in the past decade or so. My suspicion is that they're doing so to avoid accusations of a cover-up or ignoring non-establishment scientists. Take the results as given, run a series of cheap tests that gives the original experimenter publicity, then run a slightly more expensive and rigorous series of tests that eliminate the wiggle room for error or fraud, and follow up with a press release saying how disappointed everyone is that it didn't work. Science-illiterate Congresscritter: "Why are you ignoring Doctor Lizardo's ground-breaking work on the R-pressure electrodynamic thruster?" NASA Spokescritter: "Oh, we tested that. The tests are on YouTube if you want to see them. Sadly it turned out to be an ordinary stiction device. We're very disappointed. Incidentally, did Doctor Lizardo ever bother to mention to you that their PhD is in literature?" __________________ When choosing your user name, DO NOT get clever. Typing that combination of letters, numbers, and special characters every time you want to log in will get old really fast.