Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd. EM Drive

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Strange, I could have sworn we had a topic on this somewhere.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11769030/Impossible-rocket-drive-works-and-could-get-to-Moon-in-four-hours.html

Some earlier stories from 2014:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-validates-impossible-space-drive
http://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test.html
 
Grey Havoc said:
Strange, I could have sworn we had a topic on this somewhere.
There is now. Very interesting, thank you for posting.
 
From the aforementioned 'missing' thread:

Flyaway said:
Make of this article what you will.

However, he has now decided that it would be better to focus on putting EmDrive on to unmanned aerial vehicles, with the view to eventually use the technology in the automobile industry to create feasible flying cars.

"Our aim at the moment is not to necessarily go for these space applications, because they will take so long to come to fruition. So what we've decided as a company is to forget space, and to go for terrestrial transport business, which is huge," Shawyer told IBTimes UK.

"The logic is, if you can lift a vehicle reasonably gently with no large accelerations, then you can manufacture the air frame using much lower technology than would be used on an aircraft."

Shawyer says his firm, Satellite Propulsion Research Ltd, is currently designing a drone that has no propellers or wings, and it plans to carry out the first test flights powered by EmDrive microwave space propulsion in 2017.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/emdrive-roger-shawyer-paper-describing-space-propulsion-uavs-finally-passes-peer-review-1513223
 
http://www.space.com/34672-impossible-space-engine-emdrive-test.html
 

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