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Looking back over the past few years in the forum: EEStor (final death rattle) Graphenano (big promises in 2016, nothing since) Brilluion (seven years later, still no demonstration model) Cannae Drive (were going to send one into space, nothing since) QuackX (should be at the top of the list) Flywhe...

Nasa is spending billions on SLS when they could buy all the lift they needed far cheaper and have money left over. Pollywell is sitting in the corner not because it will not work; but because it's the ugly kid at the dance. its just not sexy enough. Worried about carbon in the atmosphere? offloadi...

Falcon Heavy may launch today at 2:20 pm Eastern. Can watch it here: https://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html 27 engines? The vibrations must be fierce. I hope it flies, but fear there's going to be one heck of an explosion before it gets to max Q. EDIT: They did it! T...

So, roughly a year ago today: The saga of Brilliant Light Power has reached its apex. (It's culminating! It's culminating!) In a conference on October 26, Dr. Randell Mills and several industry partners presented the design and prototype of an energy generation device that is scheduled to go to fiel...

Definitely curious, but given that it's (1) tumbling, and (2) showing no sign of any sort of acceleration of its own, it's most likely a rock.

I don't believe there's enough evidence to conclusively state the effect is real, but it's disappointing that there isn't more interest from both those concerned with propulsion and those concerned purely with science.

OK, I may be stupid, but what is the point of doing exactly the same thing Tokamak Energy is already doing in the UK? It seems to be that all it will do is cause funding to split between these two almost identical projects. I'm not entirely sure, but I think he's looking ahead with the assumption t...

Just out of curiosity...is it reasonably possible that both EM Drive & Mach Thruster drive will turn out to work? Or are their "theories" of operation in some way incompatible? My understanding is that the proposed theory for the workings of the EmDrive involves rejecting wave-particl...

An attempt to give the EM Drive a theoretical basis has been published in the Journal of Applied Physical Science International (couldn't find an impact factor, can anyone confirm this is a "real journal"?): http://www.ikpress.org/abstract/6485 Here we present a possible explanation for th...

Recent (2017) Tajmar paper (PDF available): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320268464_The_SpaceDrive_Project-Developing_Revolutionary_Propulsion_at_TU_Dresden Our intention is to develop an excellent research infrastructure to test new ideas and measure thrusts and/or artefacts with high co...

There's some discussion on:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index ... ic=42920.0

Bunch of numbers here:

http://neumannspace.com/blog/fuel-of-th ... olybdenum/

They say they should be able to maintain a power efficiency of 20 micronewtons per watt.

Anyone heard of these people? http://neumannspace.com/science/ They claim to have made an ion drive that has broken the record for ISP using solid fuel and a process similar to arc welding. Exhaust velocity of up to 140 km/s. Exhaust is quasi-neutral. Video on how it works: https://www.youtube.com/w...

Heidi Fearn of SSI will be speaking about the Mach Effect work they have been doing with the NIAC grant they received in about 30 minutes from now. https://livestream.com/viewnow/NIAC2017 Thanks for the link. For those interested, her talk begins at 48:15 in Day 3 Part 2. Here is what I took from i...

So, this company said it would be powering drones by the end of 2016 and introducing commercial products in 2017. Then after its splashy announcement... crickets. No further announcements, no buyout, nothing. Even their own website just says "new website coming in 9.2017". Anyone want to s...