Genergo: Propellantless space-propulsion system
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Genergo: Propellantless space-propulsion system
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#2They say it works "by directly converting electrical energy into thrust through controlled electromagnetic impulses", so I assume it's reacting against the Earth's magnetic field using the Lorentz force?
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#3Not possible under standard physics.
I mean, there are propellant-free ways to change trajectory-- gravitational assists, aerobraking, solar sails, etc.
You can even boost with something like an electrodynamic tether in theory (a magnetic field gradient lets you apply a net force). But field gradients out at LEO are low, and I don't think that's what's being claimed.
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#4As a layman I have no idea which part of this to be skeptical of, but, cool!
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#6This is amazing. I wonder how it works. I would be cool if they published it.
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#7is this EmDrive v2.0? [0]
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#8> "Genergo’s system generates thrust without using any propellant and without expelling reaction mass, by directly converting electrical energy into thrust through controlled electromagnetic impulses."
Anyone have a clue how this might work?
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#101. No info given about how this system works.
2. No info about how it supposedly produces thrust.
3. No numbers given except for number of hours tested in orbit. No thrust or power consumption figures.
4. Violates pretty widely accepted law of physics.
Yeah, I'm ever so slightly skeptical.