Interesting contrast between the NASA Asymmetrical Capacitor Thruster (ACT) and Doyle Buehler's symmetrical capacitor or single-plate results. Note that the ACT experiments used rotation about a vertical axis as opposed to Buehler's vertical force experiments. It isn't surprising that NASA' null results in hard vacuum (except for one event where "the device moved about 1/8th turn").
http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/reports/2004/CR-2004-213312.pdf http://www.space-mixing-theory.com/article2.pdf Buehler's calculation of 2 Joule per Newton force extrapolates to about 20 BTU per ton of "Polarized Vacuum" lift at the earth's surface, based on the interrelated field intensity- energy density of zero net charged spherical-cylindrical capacitor craft: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/capsph.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/capcyl.html High voltage (AC or DC) applied to TV "twin lead" or 75 ohm coaxial cable (a cylindrical capacitor with a dielectric) sitting on a precision scale will probably show some weight change even in air. OTOH. in a metal hard-vacuum chamber, one would need to weigh the chamber too, since the effect should be similar to the inside of a Van De Graaff Sphere or Faraday's "Ice Pail" where the "charge" is transferred to the outside surface. Fred
