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Re:EmDrive study officially published by sathackr on Saturday November 19, 2016 @07:23PM (#12996529)
I would think that once we determine the cause of the thrust, assuming it is real, the design of the 'drive' might be improved to increase efficiency. We currently don't even know what characteristics of the device are causing the generation of thrust.

The first internal combustion engines were quite inefficient as well.

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Re:EmDrive study officially published by CydeWeys on Saturday November 19, 2016 @07:36PM (#12996585)
Here's hoping! It's so unbelievably inefficient right now though, it's hard to imagine it improving by orders of magnitude. The original internal combustion engines were comparatively way more efficient.
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Re:EmDrive study officially published by UncleSlacky on Monday November 21, 2016 @10:16AM (#13005961)
As I understand it, the version under test here was simply a proof-of-concept, not optimized for maximum efficiency. There are also plans for a version with a superconducting frustum, which should be even more efficient...
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