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IT should be impossible. But science appears to say it’s happening. A prototype space engine seems to be producing energy from nothing. And it’s just passed peer review... . .If true, we could be walking on the surface of Pluto much sooner than anyone dared dream..Despite a bevy of tests, including this one by NASA’s propulsion workshop (Eagleworks), the bold claim simply hasn’t gone away. Now it’s another step closer to credibility..The formal study into the controversial, physics-defying EM Drive was formally published in the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Journal of Propulsion and Power late last week. This means the processes and measurements used in testing the performance of this ‘impossible engine’ could not be faulted by a panel of independent scientists... . .The EM Drive is essentially a chamber with a hole at one end with microwaves bouncing around inside..There is no fuel supplied..But, when turned on, the drive generates thrust..This shouldn’t be happening..Worse, it violates some of the most fundamental laws of physics that our understanding of the universe — and all of our technology — is built upon.. . . .Some say particles materialise in the vacuum of space as a result of Unruh radiation — where acceleration appears to heat up and compress space itself. These particles then react with the microwaves to form thrust... . .Recent tests have attempted to eliminate such influences by running the engine in a near-vacuum..That was the nature of this science journal report: The EM drive appears to produce 1.2 millinewtons per kilowatt of power in a vacuum. That’s a similar figure to what was recorded earlier, when it was simply tested in the air of a lab..But it’s still a tiny figure: The ion engine that pushed the Dawn probe to the dwarf planet Ceres operated at about 60 millinewtons per kilowatt... . .
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