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   Doctor Who to dumpster4@hotmail.com   
   Re: Mach Thruster Update.   
   08 Sep 20 06:15:15   
   
   From: doc@tardis.org   
      
   On 9/8/20 3:41 AM, dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > It's being built to test the EmDrive, but it might be useful for testing the   
   Mach Thruster too:   
   >   
   >   
   > "The resolution lies in designing a tool that can measure these minuscule   
   > amounts of thrust. So a team of physicists at Germany’s Technische   
   Universität   
   > Dresden set out to create a device that would fill this need. Led by   
   physicist   
   > Martin Tajmar, the SpaceDrive project aims to create an instrument so   
   sensitive   
   > and immune to interference that it would put an end to the debate once and   
   for   
   > all. In October, Tajmar and his team presented their second set of   
   experimental   
   > EmDrive measurements at the International Astronautical Congress, and their   
   > results will be published in Acta Astronautica this August. Based on the   
   results   
   > of these experiments, Tajmar says a resolution to the EmDrive saga may only   
   be a   
   > few months away."   
   >   
   > See:   
   >   
   > https://www.wired.com/story/a-mythical-form-of-space-propulsio   
   -finally-gets-a-real-test/   
   >   
      
      
   Tajmar is still trying to measure the non-existent emdrive thrust while   
   we already have with pnn a thrust that is visually measurable with a   
   laser pointed to the thruster.   
      
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