A couple of
years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre discovered 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.”
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.
Concept
spacecraft with a "Cannae Drive," which uses contained microwaves as
propulsion
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 for 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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