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NASA engineer creates propulsion system that defies the laws of physics
A NASA engineer claims that his company's propellantless propulsion drive system has generated enough thrust to counteract Earth's gravity.
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A NASA engineer and co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technologies has claimed that his company’s propellantless propulsion drive system has generated enough thrust to counteract Earth’s gravity.
This discovery, which appears to defy the known laws of physics, could potentially revolutionize space travel for the next millennium.
Dr. Charles Buhler, a veteran of prestigious NASA programs such as the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station (ISS), The Hubble Telescope, and the current NASA Dust Program, believes that this fundamental new force represents a historic breakthrough.
“The most important message to convey to the public is that a major discovery occurred,” Buhler told The Debrief. “This discovery of a New Force is fundamental in that electric fields alone can generate a sustainable force onto an object and allow center-of-mass translation of said object without expelling mass.”
EmDrive and the quest for propellantless propulsion
The concept of a propellantless drive, also known as the “impossible drive,” was first introduced in 2001 by British Electrical Engineer Roger Shawyer.The EmDrive, as it was called, claimed to be reactionless, requiring no propellant and defying the known laws of physics, specifically the conservation of momentum. Despite two decades of testing, the EmDrive was ultimately deemed bunk in 2021.
However, the dream of a propellantless machine persisted, and now, a new challenger has emerged with the backing of a former NASA scientist.
Buhler, who helped establish the Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, claims that his team at Exodus Propulsion Technologies has created a drive powered by a “New Force” outside our current known laws of physics.
How the EmDrive supposedly works
The EmDrive consists of a conical cavity filled with microwaves. The device’s inventor, British engineer Roger Shawyer, proposes that the microwaves bouncing inside the cavity can create a difference in radiation pressure, resulting in a net thrust towards the narrow end of the cone.This concept challenges our understanding of physics, as it suggests that a closed system can generate propulsion without any external reaction mass.
Controversy and skepticism
The scientific community remains highly skeptical of the EmDrive’s claimed capabilities. Many physicists argue that the concept violates the well-established laws of physics, particularly the conservation of momentum.They maintain that any apparent thrust measured in EmDrive experiments is likely due to experimental errors, such as air currents or thermal effects.
Experimental results and challenges
Several research teams have attempted to replicate the EmDrive’s purported thrust, with varying results. In 2016, a team from NASA’s Eagleworks laboratory claimed to have measured a small but consistent thrust from an EmDrive device. However, their findings were not peer-reviewed and faced criticism for potential methodological flaws.Subsequent independent studies have failed to reproduce the claimed thrust. In 2021, a team from the Dresden University of Technology conducted a comprehensive study of the EmDrive, finding no evidence of any anomalous thrust.
They concluded that the device does not produce any measurable net thrust, attributing previous positive results to experimental errors and noise.