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NASA inventor David Burns designed the engine capable of accelerating to 99% of the speed of light.
According to the scientist, he used a loophole in theory relativity, however, it is worth recognizing that on the way to creating incredible engine got up a series of obstacles.
First, you need to create a two-hundred-meter design with connecting to it a powerful source of energy. Secondly to to reach a speed close to the speed of light, it is necessary to place moving object in an environment with almost zero friction.
Scientists have long struggled to develop a fuel-free engine. Back in the 1970s, inventor Robert Cook patented a device that converts centrifugal force to linear cravings. And in the 2000s, Roger Scheuer created the “EmDrive” project, which turned microwaves into a source that creates a driving force. However before so far no concept has been implemented.
Most scientists are sure that these devices are simply impossible. create for one reason only – they are contrary to the law of conservation momentum.
Andrey Vetrov
NASA
