The Papp engine used radium or thorium to increase the sensitivity of the
electrode to electron extraction from the plasma. The alpha decay of Radium
biased the pickup electrode with a positive charge that would attract
electrons. This idea came from the well known technique used to dope
lightning
In reply to Chris Zell's message of Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:38:15 +:
Hi Chris,
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>Does anyone have any info on this topic? It seems to me that either Paul
>Brown was a deliberate, calculated fraud or he discovered something of immense
>value.
Have you seen this already?
Does anyone have any info on this topic? It seems to me that either Paul
Brown was a deliberate, calculated fraud or he discovered something of immense
value.
I don't think any middle ground is possible. He claimed to be able to tap
radioactive decay in some way that physics does not
The Shawyer EM drive is not dead but now has serious competition… using lasers.
This is almost a breakthrough but has not attracted much attention so far..
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