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Re:Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossib... by luhn on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:31PM (#11537887)
That was the initial response, but the results have since been replicated several times by several organizations, including NASA. "Sloppy experimentation" seems unlikely at this point.
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Re:Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossib... by gaur on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:54PM (#11538040)
> the results have since been replicated several times by several organizations

The results are random. Sometimes nonzero thrust is observed in a direction opposite to what was expected [0]. Know what that sounds like? A null measurement dominated by statistical and systematic uncertainties.

> including NASA

I'll repeat what I said elsewhere: NASA is so big that that doesn't mean anything. Not everyone affiliated with NASA is a top-notch researcher. The word "NASA" is not automatic proof of good research.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster#Te...

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Re:Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossib... by gjulianm on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @06:05PM (#11538103)
The theory seems to predicts reversed thrust in certain conditions, it's at the end of the abstract. I don't know for certain whether they're random or not, but at least this looks interesting.
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Re:Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossib... by ajuc on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:59AM (#11541734)
A theory that allows for different signs of the effect sure is convenient ;)
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