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Dr. Harold G. White has said that “the
humans could jump to colonize the rest of the
fast...transits that [EM drive] could enable solar system and beyond. Thus, humanity
would be revolutionary,” and indeed they could ensure survival of the species.
would, for an EM drive-powered rocket would
be able to navigate the cosmos without fuel,
Harnessing the power of the EM drive
would be tremendously beneficial for the peo-
and the many thousands of billions of dollars ple of Earth. There is, however, a rather sig-
that would normally be invested in fuel and
nificant issue: the current explanation behind
its storage would be reduced significantly. In the drive’s thrust breaks the Law of Conserva-
addition, rockets would be able to reach oth- tion of Momentum. The Laws are unbreaka-
erwise unfeasible speeds, and interplanetary ble; if any of the Laws are disproved, then our
travel would suddenly become a lot less understanding of the workings of the universe
farfetched of a prospect. First, humans could would be false. Because of the drive’s law-
set up shop on the moon. Then, astronauts breaking nature, it should be impossible. Yet,
could reach Mars in less than half a year and both NASA and Eagle Works have performed
start the colonization process. Shortly after, rigorous tests that have shown the drive to
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