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On The Positive Side Are We Really Able To Make Enough Energy To Make Space Flight Viable?
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Welcome to EmDrive.
The concept is based on the theory of special relativity that it is possible to convert electrical energy into thrust, without the need to expel any form of repellent.
EmDrive was a term given to a space technology thrust initiative that has been bandied around social media since the subject was first written about way back in 2001 by Roger Shawyer, when a British scientist working with Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd purported to generate thrust by reflecting microwaves inside the device, in a way that would violate the law of conservation of momentum and other laws of physics.
Many years later in 2016, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ended speculation by confirming it has indeed accepted a paper on this extremely controversial space propulsion technology EmDrive, signaling that the Nasa Eagleworks paper has passed peer review.
Should this idea, EmDrive, work in real-time applications, traveling at such speeds, this theoretical engine technology could carry astronauts to Mars in less than 13 minutes, or to the Moon in just over a second.
