I agree, need a model that works when the experts in a field all flat out say “its highly unlikely”.
EmDrive is tough, but you could literally build it yourself.
What is really hard is when Mitsubishi found transmutation of elements when studying the nickel fusion made infamous by Rossi.
and now, all the way back to Fleiscmann/Pons
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency; or DTRA, issued a report entitled Investigation of Nano-Nuclear Reactions in Condensed Matter.
“The Pd/D co-deposition process has been shown to provide a reproducible means of manufacturing Pd-D nano-alloys that induce low energy nuclear reactions (LENRs),” the report states. Pd stands for palladium, a metal widely used in some LENR processes.
I ended up all the way back to a different table of elements to account for it, which was fun and cool.
I have the same trouble in astrogeology and planetary science. All those folks have the same answers, because they have all memorized the same things, from the same teachers, who wrote all the class texts. Self reinforcement isn’t helping science with actual truths.
The idea that it might move by exerting force on an unobserved set of particles is new to me. Intriguing …
If that were true then it almost makes me wonder whether one should learn from Marie Curie’s death and suspect the EM drive to have strange side effects, like the then-unknown radiation of her time.
some homework. at first they believed that the EM was quantum tunneling out, but that has been revoked.
Microwave cavity design work has been going on for a while, to use water as steam thrusters for attitude control.
I mean, you can literally build an EmDrive yourself, but you definitely can’t measure the tiny thrust yourself. You still need to trust the experts there, no?
Why care about excess heat, if you can have excess metal… in the tons...
C.R. Narayanaswamy has decided to go public with extraordinary data observed between 1985 and 1999 since the company at which the observations were made, Silcal Metallurgic Ltd., has since ceased trading. He is interested to see if any other Ferro Silicon alloy manufacturers have observed similar anomalies.
In the submitted abstract he says:
“The author had been observing puzzling anomalous excess metal yields in the range of 200 Kg to 400 Kg right from 1985 onwards.”
“During a eleven week period in early 1995, the furnace was operated at a rating of about 8.75 MVA with corresponding daily power consumption of around 1,68,000 kWh per day, sustaining an average daily production of 24.75 tons of Ferro-Silicon alloy of 73.8 − 74% Si content. The typical daily consumption of raw materials during this period was (a) Quartz 32.955 tons; after accounting for its purity of 98.73%, and the chemical composition of Quartz (Si02) the Silicon metal component in the input works out to 15.379 tons. (b) Daily iron consumption was 5.1 tons. Thus the total weight of daily input of Si and Fe was 20.479 tons. However throughout the 11 week period the average daily production of Fe-Si alloy was 24.75 tons, indicating a daily “excess metal” production of 4.25 tons. The product alloy was found to consistently contain 73.8% to 74.1 % of Silicon. A corresponding reduction of the quantum of C02 released to the atmosphere was also noted.”
I agree, need a model that works when the experts in a field all flat out say “its highly unlikely”.
EmDrive is tough, but you could literally build it yourself.
What is really hard is when Mitsubishi found transmutation of elements when studying the nickel fusion made infamous by Rossi.
and now, all the way back to Fleiscmann/Pons
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency; or DTRA, issued a report entitled Investigation of Nano-Nuclear Reactions in Condensed Matter.
“The Pd/D co-deposition process has been shown to provide a reproducible means of manufacturing Pd-D nano-alloys that induce low energy nuclear reactions (LENRs),” the report states. Pd stands for palladium, a metal widely used in some LENR processes.
I ended up all the way back to a different table of elements to account for it, which was fun and cool.
http://perfectperiodictable.com/
http://perfectperiodictable.com/novelty.html
I have the same trouble in astrogeology and planetary science. All those folks have the same answers, because they have all memorized the same things, from the same teachers, who wrote all the class texts. Self reinforcement isn’t helping science with actual truths.
and what he is using as an example above
http://www.sciencealert.com/leaked-nasa-paper-shows-the-impossible-em-drive-really-does-work
The idea that it might move by exerting force on an unobserved set of particles is new to me. Intriguing …
If that were true then it almost makes me wonder whether one should learn from Marie Curie’s death and suspect the EM drive to have strange side effects, like the then-unknown radiation of her time.
some homework. at first they believed that the EM was quantum tunneling out, but that has been revoked. Microwave cavity design work has been going on for a while, to use water as steam thrusters for attitude control.
http://emdrive.com/faq.html
http://emdrive.com/theory.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster
I mean, you can literally build an EmDrive yourself, but you definitely can’t measure the tiny thrust yourself. You still need to trust the experts there, no?
and more weirdness
“Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project October 2 ·
Why care about excess heat, if you can have excess metal… in the tons...
C.R. Narayanaswamy has decided to go public with extraordinary data observed between 1985 and 1999 since the company at which the observations were made, Silcal Metallurgic Ltd., has since ceased trading. He is interested to see if any other Ferro Silicon alloy manufacturers have observed similar anomalies.
In the submitted abstract he says:
“The author had been observing puzzling anomalous excess metal yields in the range of 200 Kg to 400 Kg right from 1985 onwards.”
“During a eleven week period in early 1995, the furnace was operated at a rating of about 8.75 MVA with corresponding daily power consumption of around 1,68,000 kWh per day, sustaining an average daily production of 24.75 tons of Ferro-Silicon alloy of 73.8 − 74% Si content. The typical daily consumption of raw materials during this period was (a) Quartz 32.955 tons; after accounting for its purity of 98.73%, and the chemical composition of Quartz (Si02) the Silicon metal component in the input works out to 15.379 tons. (b) Daily iron consumption was 5.1 tons. Thus the total weight of daily input of Si and Fe was 20.479 tons. However throughout the 11 week period the average daily production of Fe-Si alloy was 24.75 tons, indicating a daily “excess metal” production of 4.25 tons. The product alloy was found to consistently contain 73.8% to 74.1 % of Silicon. A corresponding reduction of the quantum of C02 released to the atmosphere was also noted.”