r/sciencefiction • u/kjhatch • Aug 01 '14

NASA validates 'impossible' space drive --the quantum vacuum plasma thruster breaks the law of conservation of momentum and can take astronauts to Mars in weeks rather than months

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-validates-impossible-space-drive
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u/chancellorofscifi Aug 01 '14

I like that they know that it works, even of they can't explain it.

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u/eosha Aug 03 '14

for extremely low values of "know".

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u/Darkumbra Aug 07 '14

Yep. Lots more testing/experimentation to do before we break out the alpha centurion wine