11-23-2016, 01:32 PM
It's interesting - although my first inclination is to still take a 'wait and see' attitude to it. As the space.com article says, it's not 100% clear that there wasn't some other effect being seen here. It's also not clear to me that, even if this is a real thing, that it would be something that could actually be used to either:
a) propel a spacecraft
b) propel a spacecraft to a significant velocity
c) outperform other, more conventional, propulsion methods once all is said and done.
So, worth keeping an eye on (wait and see), but not worth starting to breath too heavily over just yet.
My 2c worth,
Todd
a) propel a spacecraft
b) propel a spacecraft to a significant velocity
c) outperform other, more conventional, propulsion methods once all is said and done.
So, worth keeping an eye on (wait and see), but not worth starting to breath too heavily over just yet.
My 2c worth,
Todd