New EM drive technology - Trip to the moon in 4 hours, Mars in 70 days.

[Grimlock]

I suppose it's the trekky in me that finds this to be so intriguing:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-spaceship-engine-like-star-6155199

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/134760-the-em-drive-is-here-to-get-us-to-the-moon-in-4-hours-without-fuel

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=11488924


I wonder if this technology could be adapted for other uses, maybe replace the piston engine in our lifetime...

[Quote58]

http://www.iflscience.com/no-em-drive-will-not-lead-warp-travel-any-time-soon

Still a cool technology though

[Quietus]

Yeah, it's all very cool, and I love space stuff. Hopefully we'll see some proper advances toward space travel in our lifetime. :cool:

[Grimlock]

This article expresses the nay sayers prospective:

http://io9.com/no-german-scientists-have-not-confirmed-the-impossibl-1720573809

It includes some interesting historical quotes (posted in the comments section) made before other technology was fully proven:

"Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure." – Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison's light bulb, 1880

"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." – Albert Einstein, 1932

"Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia." – Dr. Dionysius Lardner, 1830

"X-rays will prove to be a hoax." – Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1883

"There will never be a bigger plane built." – – A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people

"A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere." — New York Times, 1936

[Digital_Mantra]

So we'll be expecting a visit from the Vulcans soon?

[MetroidPeter]

Getting to the moon in 4 hours? Mars in 70 days? Neil Armstrong would be proud.

[Quietus]

So we'll be expecting a visit from the Vulcans soon?

With our mentality? Only if they don't want to live long or prosper. :neutral:

[Zero One]

I'd be very disappointed if we turned out to be the Mirror Universe.