NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by karlh on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:21PM (#21253935)

Would there be issues with decelerating?

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by yellowapple on Monday October 14, 2019 @08:53PM (#21254520)

No more than there would be with accelerating, I suspect. "Decelerating" in space is just accelerating in the opposite direction.

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by jiofih on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:44AM (#21257215)

Which makes the prospect of engines failing halfway through a lot more scary.

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by gpderetta on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:07PM (#21263095)

Lithobreaking is always an option.

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by elif on Monday October 14, 2019 @09:19PM (#21254686)

Put it on a lazy Susan, run it for the 2nd half of the trip. (But the paper describes the mechanism for deceleration without repositioning the engine)

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by quickthrower2 on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:36PM (#21255344)

With some duck pancakes?

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Re:NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of ... by elif on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:28AM (#21256849)

Yea maybe this thing works like a microwave as a biproduct, keep em warm.

I imagine ducks and rabbits would be the best spacestock.

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