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Claims secretive Nasa lab to publish paper on 'warp drive' that could take humans to Mars in 10 weeks
Is the mystery of the 'impossible' fuel free EmDrive thruster about to be solved? Claims secretive Nasa lab to publish paper on 'warp drive' that could take humans to Mars in 10 weeks
EmDrive creates thrust by bouncing microwaves in chamber Scientists aren't sure how this happens as it defies the laws of physics
Nasa has been investigating the drive along with other labs Claims paper has now been accepted for publication by a major journal
It has been dubbed the 'impossible engine', that could take humans to Mars in just 10 weeks - but nobody knows how.
The so-called EmDrive creates thrust by bouncing microwaves around in an enclosed chamber, and uses only solar power.
Many argue the concept is simply hype, suggesting the design goes against the laws of physics , and now a Nasa lab that has been studying the concept is set to publish its findings for the first time it has been claimed.
The idea for an EmDrive was proposed in 2000 by a researcher named Roger Shawyer.
Since then four independent labs, including one at Nasa, have recreated the drive.
But the mysterious engine had baffled scientists because it appeared to violate the law of conservation of momentum, which states for every action there has to be an equal and opposite reaction.
This means the rocket can only accelerate forward if a force of equal magnitude is sent in the other direction - the rocket's exhaust.
Nasa's Eagleworks team is now ready to reveal its findings, it has been claimed - sending the physic world into a tizzy.
'It is my understanding that Eaglework's new paper has been today accepted for publication in a peer-review journal, where it will be published,' claims one user on the Nasa Spaceflight forum.
Earlier this year, an employee confirmed the team was working on the paper.
'The Eagleworks Lab is NOT dead and we continue down the path set by our NASA management.
'Past that I can't say more other than to listen to Dr Rodal on this topic, and please have patience about when our next EW paper is going to be published. Peer reviews are glacially slow,' Eagleworks engineer Paul March wrote on the same forum.
Earlier this year, a paper published in AIP Advances suggests the EmDrive produces an exhaust like every other rocket.
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