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		api on July 31, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA presents evidence that microwave thrusters se... Like I said, the best test would be to put one in space. If you fire the thing up an the satellite's orbit changes, that's kind of a hard measurement to screw up. (Let it orbit with the drive off for a while as a control.)

cstross on July 31, 2014 [–]

If you fire the thing up an the satellite's orbit changes, that's kind of a hard measurement to screw up.

Caution: a re-reading of the Pioneer Anomaly is in order before you start assuming things in microgravity move because of new physics ...

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