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.
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