I’m not a physicist, but my interpretation of what I’ve read about it is that the thrust comes from radiation pressure pushing against virtual particles while they exist. They don’t “bounce” off the other end of the chamber and cancel the effect, because they cease to exist before they get there. This could be…

So how soon before we start referring to this as the Sawyer Drive?

You would be able to measure how fast I was losing my shit, but not it’s location. Or vice versa.

If it’s crazy, but it works...It ain’t crazy.

And that’s how science works. Reactionless drives seem to break the laws of physics. Turns out this drive doesn’t break ‘em, just bend ‘em a little.

Speaking as a scientist, I do. I really, really do.

He agreed to be in Day of the Doctor because it was the 50th and he got to play an interesting and significant role (in terms of series lore, not screen time). He wouldn’t appear in Davidson’s production probably because he thought it was beneath him, which is why he didn’t appear in the Five Doctors special back when.

The problem with Shawyer’s theory behind the EM drive is that it doesn’t make any sense to physicists as it violates conservation of momentum.

So we’ve got the engines taken care of! Now, let’s talk ablative shielding.

It’s the crazies that drive cutting edge science forward. It will be a ‘crazy’ scientist that will figure out how to go FTL even though conventional science says it’s impossible.

Here is a simple diagram explaining the concept:

Which means, if it turns out that it works for real, they really need to rename it the “bootstrap drive.”

Either way if this drive functions this is going to be my reaction. If a warp field is also confirmed well... multiply the reaction in this GIF with whatever number you feel appropriate and you’ll be about 1/2 right. Maybe ;D

Hey I just found this pic of British scientist Roger Sawyer.

YOU WOULD BECOME UNTO SHIT!

I need to be clear: I would not merely lose my shit. It would be as if my shit had never existed. The very concept of shit would no longer be relevant in the current paradigm.

I call dibs on Europa!

It wasn’t that long ago that most media reports on the EmDrive (the few that existed) started with the assumption that Roger Sawyer was a kook. The quotes from experts almost always automatically dismissed his invention because it would be “impossible”.

Agreed. If someone comes out and says “we’ve got a warp drive” I am in no way responsible for my actions to follow.

Looks to me that they found the first prehistoric Dragon.