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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
The warp drive works by aiming microwaves into a closed container.

Does that mean if I turn on my microwave that it will levitate itself up from the countertop, or propel itself onto the floor?

One item to note: it does NOT go "faster than light".

Anyway, there are various theories to explain this apparent conundrum: what does it mean for the conservation of momentum if an object can be moved in one direction without other objects being propelled oppositely? That was the reason to re-perform the experiment in a vacuum- to presumably isolate the "warp drive" from external objects.

I guess the answer is that either objects not known to us are being propelled, or objects that are known to us are being propelled elsewhere, (for example, a stream of microwaves does create a magnetic wave. Is it possible that this stream of microwaves is interacting with the earth's magnetic field and drawing energy from distant charged particles?), or the conservation of momentum is just a special case that doesn't apply everywhere. Fascinating research.

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Originally posted by whozit:
If they can get that thing to work, it would only take a few minutes to go from NYC to Hong Kong.

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Originally posted by whozit:
If they can get that thing to work, it would only take a few minutes to go from NYC to Hong Kong.

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