05-01-2015, 07:17 AM
Here's a detailed analysis of the topic on nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/e...-em-drive/
Notably, NASA has confirmed the findings of reactionless thrust in a vacuum, and the calculations suggest that to travel to Alpha Centauri, and stop there, would take 130 years. A flyby of Alpha Centauri would take 92 years.
Now, if these findings are false, it's a pretty big false finding, considered that the results have been achieved multiple times by both NASA and a Chinese university. I think there's a strong chance the findings are true- it's not like the OPERA FtL neutrino anomaly, in which it was only measured by one team.
Assume the findings are true. What does this mean for OA?
I think this is a pretty big turning point for Orion's Arm. Do you continue adapting the past timeline to real-life events, even when they significantly alter the course of history, or is there a point at which you decide to stop following with real life and continue as an increasingly-retro 2000s sci-fi?
Because this finding would completely change the course of OA history.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/e...-em-drive/
Notably, NASA has confirmed the findings of reactionless thrust in a vacuum, and the calculations suggest that to travel to Alpha Centauri, and stop there, would take 130 years. A flyby of Alpha Centauri would take 92 years.
Now, if these findings are false, it's a pretty big false finding, considered that the results have been achieved multiple times by both NASA and a Chinese university. I think there's a strong chance the findings are true- it's not like the OPERA FtL neutrino anomaly, in which it was only measured by one team.
Assume the findings are true. What does this mean for OA?
I think this is a pretty big turning point for Orion's Arm. Do you continue adapting the past timeline to real-life events, even when they significantly alter the course of history, or is there a point at which you decide to stop following with real life and continue as an increasingly-retro 2000s sci-fi?
Because this finding would completely change the course of OA history.