NASA Funded Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Propellantless Propulsion

Re:NASA Funded Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Propellantle... by ForHackernews on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:48AM (#24364558)

Referenced elsewhere in these comments https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging

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Re:NASA Funded Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Propellantle... by cwhiz on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:00PM (#24365370)

We spend about $150 billion per year on science funding in the US. I don't think we're being irrational by giving moonshots roughly 0.00003% of the funding. That's a generous percentage, too, considering the funding for Jim Woodward spans many decades.

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