From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Sep/8/2020 at 07:53, Jeff Findley wrote :   
   > In article ,   
   > dumpster4@hotmail.com says...   
   >>   
   >> Gravity, Gizmos, and a Grand Theory of Interstellar Travel:   
   >>   
   >> "Woodward?s MEGA drive is different. Instead of propellant, it relies on   
   >> electricity, which in space would come from solar panels or a nuclear   
   reactor. His   
   >> insight was to use a stack of piezoelectric crystals and some   
   controversial?but he   
   >> believes plausible?physics to generate thrust. The stack of crystals, which   
   store   
   >> tiny amounts of energy, vibrates tens of thousands of times per second when   
   zapped   
   >> with electric current. Some of the vibrational frequencies harmonize as   
   they roll   
   >> through the device, and when the oscillations sync up in just the right   
   way, the   
   >> small drive lurches forward."   
   >>   
   >> See:   
   >>   
   >> https://www.wired.com/story/mach-effect-thrusters-interstellar-travel/   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> What are the odds of this actually working?   
   >   
   > Zip.  Zero.  Nada.   
      
   Zero? You are way too pessimistic here. I would say the odds are at   
   least 10 times better than that :-)  Seriously I would put the odds at   
   about .01%. It wouldn't be the first time that science orthodoxy would   
   be flipped over.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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