In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:06:09 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I agree Axil. And those particles that are produced are then given the >momentum required to balance out that obtained by the ship. Also, they must >remain in existence as real particles and not disappear after a brief time >interval. The folks who speak of reactionless drives claim that their are no >measurable particles remaining to locate after the momentum is imparted into >the ship. That is where I can not agree. > >Dave Perhaps, because they are only virtual particles, they are still connected to the ZPF, and hence are effectively infinitely massive. That would mean that the energy imparted to the particles would approach zero, while still allowing transfer of momentum.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
