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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (3 children)

they’ve created a drive powered by a β€œNew Force” outside our current known laws of physics, giving the propellant-less drive enough boost to overcome gravity.

Right......

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's true. Here's a copy of their research paper:

Sure, here's what your research paper could look like:

Title: Unveiling a Novel Force: Propelling Beyond Gravitational Constraints

Abstract: This paper investigates a newly hypothesized force that enables propellant-less drives to defy gravity. Examining experimental anomalies and theoretical speculations, it explores potential mechanisms and applications, signaling a transformative leap in space exploration and transportation technology.

But as an AI model, I don't know shit and come up with bullshit out of my synthetic ass.

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

Man, I wish that disclaimer had to be attached to anything generated by ai!

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

synthetic ass 🀀

[–] bigbadmoose@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New Force isnt as good bring back "Force Classic" 😀

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Ikr? It already comes in four different flavours! (Five if you count the Star Wars Edition, but that was just a marketing gimmick.)

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Obviously Buhler’s claims are pretty β€œwoah, if true,” but the history of propellant-less drives is filled with seemingly positive results that are eventually dashed upon the rocks of scientific reality.

"Big if true"

[–] Octavio@kbin.social 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me too but only for a short time.

[jumps]

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

The secret is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do wonder why we never ask why they are former NASA / Blue Origin / SpaceX whatever. Did they try to bring up some crazy idea and let go? Did they just lose it?

Im always hopeful for new breakthroughs but always sceptical

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

People leave companies for all sorts of reasons. There's politics at every job.

[–] Geek_King@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

It'd sure be nice if some break through like this was realized. But when you have a company to greatly benefit from this "impossible discovery", hard to stay optimistic it isn't some grift.

[–] tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

The EM Drive Mk II

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

TimeCube or GTFO

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

After reading the article, and doing a little digging on this I can confidently say this article is utter garbage. You can look up the patent application on this, it's something to do with electrostatic forces which is a well known area of physics. Nothing magical about it.

For anyone curious, someone was kind enough to post the summary of the patent in this thread https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=60131.0

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Very interesting, and a very very terrible web page.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Disappearances come after the patents get filed.

[–] Twinkletoes@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Engineer found dead in probable suicide.

[–] exscape@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would anyone want to kill him if this were true? It would be a dream for NASA and everybody else working in space flight.

FWIW I'd bet almost anything this will be as useful as the EmDrive.

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

If someone already quietly had similar tech maneuvering their satellites, and wanted to remain the only actor with eyes in the sky that can't be shot down or eventually chased down due to lack of fuel.