A couple of
years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre proposed a thruster
system which actually generates thrust, despite requiring absolutely no
propellant. The implications of this discovery are far-reaching; applications
for space flight and other technologies which require propulsion could one day
become far cheaper, allowing space exploration to expand exponentially.
The
existence of this technology also further validates the fact that energy can be
derived from tapping into the quantum vacuum, also known as “zero-point.”
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Bottom line
is that space is not empty, and the energy which lies within it can be used.
This was experimentally confirmed when
the Casimir Effect illustrated zero point or vacuum state energy, which
predicts that two metal plates close together attract each other due to an
imbalance in the quantum fluctuations(source)(source).
The
propellant-less thruster is called the Cannae Drive, invented by Guido Fetta,
and was tested by NASA over an eight day testing campaign that took place in
August of 2013. It’s also known as the EM drive. It showed that a small amount of thrust was
achieved inside a container, again, without the use of any fuel. The results
were then presented at the 50th Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland, Ohio
in July the next year.
You can
access the paper (titled “Numerical and Experimental Results for a Novel
Propulsion Technology Requiring no On-Board Propellant”) that was presented at
the conference here and inventor Guido Fetta’s paper here.
Now, it’s
about to be launched into spacee, and, according to many, like
ScienceAlert.com, the EM “is as
controversial as it gets, because while certain experiments have suggested that
such an engine could work, it also goes against one of the most fundamental
laws of physics we have.
It’s a law
that Issac Newton derived, called the law of conservation of momentum, which
states that an equal and opposite reaction must stem from an action. In order for something to gain momentum it
must expel some kind of propellent in the opposite direction, but not the EM
drive, this invention taps into the ‘zero-point’ field of
energy/electromagnetic waves, creating thrust by microwave photons bouncing
around inside a cone shaped metal cavity. The cone shaped mental cavity is what
accelerates it into the opposite direction.
This is
exciting, because it basically proves that we have a limitless resource of
energy to tap into and utilize for space travel. This is currently the biggest barrier for
modern day space travel and exploration.
Science
needs to be careful and stray far from getting caught up in the grip of
scientific dogma. History has constantly shown us, especially within the realms
of science, that what we accept as real always changes at another point in
time. Our understanding and knowledge regarding the nature of our reality is
constantly changing.
“There is
nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more
precise measurement.” This statement (worldview statement) was made by Lord
Kelvin in 1900, which was shattered five years later when Einstein published
his paper on special relativity. This one great, out of many.
Today,
engineers are inventing power generators that utilize these concepts, like
Paramahamsa Tewari. These laws need to be refined to account for the fact that
space is not empty, what we currently accept as fact is going to have to
change, and developments like the EM drive, or electrical generators that used
these concepts, are going to have to be acknowledged soon. Throughout history,
new developments in fields such as energy have always taken their time to find
it into the market place.
In today’s
world, there’s always a lot of Red Tape you’re going to have to go through,
unfortunately.
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