That ‘secondhand news’ from the NASA forum is clearly described as completely unsubstantiated speculation…. But then that’s what social media trolling is all about. ALL that has been reported to have been said by the Chinese is that the test “is not smooth” with no explanation as to what “smooth” means. Let the definition of ‘smooth’ games begin!
From: Jack Cole [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:EM Drive need not be outside the spacecraft Dave, The secondhand news is that it is not working in space FWIW. http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=41732.msg1623141#msg1623141 Jack On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:08 AM David Roberson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Russ, Can you verify that the Chinese actually have a functioning EM drive on their space station. Also, how much thrust are they claiming? Finally, is that device or group of devices capable of maintaining all of the orientation required for the station? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Russ George <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2016 3:45 pm Subject: [Vo]:EM Drive need not be outside the spacecraft A curious facet of the EM drive, such as the one now operating on the Chinese space station is that it need not be on the outside of the spacecraft, it’s thrust is independent of the position and surrounding matter. This enables all manner of interesting spacecraft geometries.
