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Old 09-21-2006   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Relativity drive

Yeah, sounds like bull to me. But I'm not sure where the momentum conservation is being neglected.

It seems sort of along the same lines as a nuclear photonic - that is, that it's propellent is radiation generated on board, and taking advantage of the fact that the speed of light is always faster than you're going to continue to add thrust. It's a still a radiation pressure drive, and it's not "energy free" it's just "propellant free."

The question that I see is where do those extra photons go? The photons themselves, which impart their energy to the wave guide tube, have to go somewhere.

He said his experiment worked, so what else could cause thrust to be developed in that situation?

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