Re:The EmDrive just won't die
by doctor_eval on Sunday September 13, 2020 @05:59PM
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But isn’t it consuming energy? Where is that kilowatt going?
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What is the “it” here?
EmDrive looks like an accounting error to me, not something that actually works. Any energy it expends turns into heat, radiating in a predictable but not necessarily isotropic way. This radiation carries momentum, but much less than the EmDrive claims to be capable of.
A rocket or ion drive? The energy goes into the kinetic and gravitational potential of the exhaust.
(Aside: kilowatts are power, not energy).