Until yesterday, everyone in the international community was laughing at this engine and its inventor, Roger Sawyer. It’s called the EmDrive and everyone said it was impossible because it went against the laws of physics. But the fact is that the quantum vacuum plasma thrusterworks in the lab and scientists can’t explain why.
Sawyer’s engine is extremely light and simple. It provides a thrust by “bouncing microwaves around in a closed container.” The microwaves are generated using electricity that can be provided by solar energy. No propellant is necessary, which means that this thrusters can work forever unless a hardware failure occurs. If real, this would be a major breakthrough in space propulsion technology.
via SPLOID
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Well that makes the 3rd one that works, two independent implementations.
Now for someone to haul one into space, and try it. To bad the space shuttles are all mothballed in musuems. Maybe the Space-X boys are up for the challenge 🙂