Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong?

Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by lobster_johnson on Sunday July 10, 2016 @12:18AM (#12064551)

EmDrive has not been "sponsored" by NASA. The researches at their Eagleworks labs built a prototype and tested it, but that's not quite the same thing.

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by labster on Sunday July 10, 2016 @12:35AM (#12064586)

Thanks for the backup. We lobsters gotta stick together!

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by jahnu on Sunday July 10, 2016 @02:08PM (#12066495)

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by blueprint on Sunday July 10, 2016 @12:43AM (#12064601)

Would we be here talking about the EmDrive as anything like a possible breakthrough which was well received if it were not for that NASA-sponsored work?

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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by lobster_johnson on Sunday July 10, 2016 @01:32AM (#12064679)

I think so. NASA has done relatively little with it so far.

It's not like they've given it their stamp of approval. Eagleworks is NASA, but as I understand it, they are on a pretty loose leash, and it's their business to investigate somewhat-crackpot ideas.

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