But what if it's real...

>>8907529
Then we're well on our way to inter-galactic colonization.

>>8907529
It doesn't, so don't worry about it.

>>8907541
They're gonna put it in space.

I know that doesn't really mean anything on its own, but people are willing to drop a half-million to shoot this junk into space and see if it actually does the thing with reasonable confidence.

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This will go down in history as 'The Great Copper Con'

>>8907549
If it doesn't work though, Shawyer should be crowned as grand patron of /sci/ for the greatest scientific trolling results ever

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>>8907529
It's real. :)

>>8907549
You'd be surprised at what people are willing to do when it's on the taxpayer's bill.

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>>8908430
what did it do in space for all those years?

>>8908430
Wew, you just made me thunk

>>8907529
I had a dream that it was real

>works
>actual legit reactionless drive
>only issues is there's always some slight and variable torque introduced by it

Going by .1c is not fun when you are spinning about as fast.

>>8908547
>put second drive on tangent
>no more torque

>>8908417
I just realized he could very well be an anon
All the EMdrive concept sounds like "fucking magnet(rons), how do they work"
A little bit of a stretch, but I'm throwing it out there anyway.