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   Your Name to Valentijn   
   Re: [OT News] "Impulse Drive" a reality?   
   01 Aug 15 18:52:04   
   
   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <55bc6a42$0$2866$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Wouter   
   Valentijn  wrote:   
   > Op 30-7-2015 om 03:59 schreef Your Name:   
   > >   
   > >  From today's New Zealand Herald newspaper (30 July, 2015) ...   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > >      "Our test campaign cannot confirm or refute the claims   
   > >      of the EM Drive, but intends to independently assess   
   > >      possible side-effects in the measurements methods used   
   > >      so far," said Tajmar. "Nevertheless, we do observe   
   > >      thrust close to the actual predictions after eliminating   
   > >      many possible sources that should warrant further   
   > >      investigation into the phenomena."   
   > >   
   > >      ** End of article **   
   >   
   > Until they produce a working model that can be installed in space ships,   
   > bring a bag of salt.   
   > And if it does work: Cool!   
      
   They must already have a working model to be able to test it and it   
   seems to be doing something that gives "thrust close to the actual   
   predictions" ... whether or not it can be scaled up to spaceship sized   
   usage is a different question though.   
      
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