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  1. angus

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    Infinity
     
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  2. BellottiBold

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    Hey I hear the Swiss now have a train that can switch track gauges seamlessly
    That's neat...
     
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  3. Duck70

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    I mean, sure thats cool, but do they have 11 nuke powered aircraft carriers and $.5 trillion F-35 program? I didn’t think so
    :usasmug:
     
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  4. broken internet

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    Super-cool tech I've never heard of before - actually seems more feasible than a Tokamak.

     
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  5. angus

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    An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity


    • Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of physics.
    • This limitation has not stopped people from investigating the possibility, and the latest addition to the propellant-less club is an electrostatic design developed by a former NASA engineer.
    • While the company behind the drive, Exodus Propulsion Technologies, says that the drive can achieve a thrust to counteract Earth’s gravity, such a claim still needs independent verification and a healthy dose of skepticism.

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a60608517/overcome-earth-gravity/
     
  6. CaneKnight

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    Man this country blows :(
     
  7. IV

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    is that a mass effect drive
     
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  8. angus

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    According to Wiki that requires dark energy so probably not.
     
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  9. IV

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    I just saw the word Mass
     
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  10. angus

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    Hell who knows. Maybe?

    "Buhler told the website The Debrief that they’ve created a drive powered by a “New Force” outside our current known laws of physics, giving the propellant-less drive enough boost to overcome gravity. "
     
  11. PrimordialBooze

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    There’s no way this actually works, but on the .001% chance it did, what an absolute game changer for humanity.
     
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  12. bigred77

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    a new force that has yet to have been discovered?
     
  13. angus

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    I took it has they discovered a force they don't understand yet.
     
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  14. IV

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    feel like you usually figure out the math and then made it work
     
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  15. angus

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    They're opting for the chicken over the egg.
     
  16. Kevintensity

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    Was this force discovered by the space Force?
     
  17. Mr Bulldops

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    Did Newton have the math figured out when he got clocked with an Apple?
     
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  18. skiedfrillet

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    One step closer to my dream of spreading managed democracy and liberty across the stars.
     
  19. PrimordialBooze

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    If this actually worked, I’m 100% sure it’d be co-opted by the military with the quickness and be used for destruction way before it could help humanity, so yeah, you’re probably right.
     
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  20. Mr Bulldops

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    Glorzo is Peace
     
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