From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 12:14:08 PM UTC-8, Gutless Umbrella Carrying   
   Sissy wrote:   
   > John Reiher  wrote in   
   > news:201701181208064656-kedamono@maccom:   
   >   
   > > On 2017-01-18 00:35:26 +0000, nuny@bid.nes said:   
   > >   
   > >> On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2:17:40 PM UTC-8, 0something0   
   > >> wrote:   
   > >>> So, I came up with an handwave for EMdrives that does not turn   
   > >>> them into planet-crackers done cheap.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> There is also a limit where the resonant cavity becomes   
   > >>> over-saturated with the EM particles and will accelerate no   
   > >>> more.   
   > >>   
   > >>   It's a microwave cavity. They "become over-saturated with the   
   > >>   EM particles" when they arc over internally.   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > You know that those "EM particles" are just photons at a lower   
   > > wavelength than light.   
      
     Yep, that's why I used the quotes.   
      
   > > They can cause current to flow and cause   
   > > things to heat up. You'd wonder if folks have accounted for   
   > > thermal effects?   
      
     Yeah, they have. We will know more after the Chinese put a test article in   
   orbit later this year.   
      
   > Microwaves are photons? Not electrons?   
      
     Don't start, Terry.   
      
      
     Mark L. Fergerson   
      
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