I’ve been in the ‘New Physics’ arena for 17 years now, and things keep getting weirder. When I started out in 2006, peer reviewers of my early papers were of the opinion that they didn’t exactly believe QI but it was more likely than dark matter, they could not find anything logically wrong and the theory agreed with the data, so that was that. In other words, they put logic and facts before mere opinion.
Today, an article appeared on Universe Today (see below from the Wayback Machine) reporting two factual events that I’ve had to keep quiet about for months due to an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). The first is that a US company that I have been liaising with, called IVO Ltd, tested a QI thruster in a professional vacuum chamber and found it to agree with the QI theory. The quote from IVO CEO, Richard Mansell was “All Quantum Drives showed thrust consistent with predicted Quantized Inertial calculations. Control Drives confirmed that thrust measurements were not consistent with any other known forces.” The second piece of news was that they are to launch a QI drive on a SpaceX rocket on June 10th for a test in space. I was pleased that at last I could talk about these two pieces of news, but a few hours later the article had been deleted due to pressure apparently from ‘some physicists’ who doubted the QI theory.
Who are these titans of physics who can erase facts that threaten their opinions within a few hours?! That would be like suppressing all news of the next SpaceX launch because you don’t believe in space: let them at least test the idea. Let’s hope this essay does not also magically disappear...
The article has of course been saved by the great Wayback Machine: Link
Kudos to Universe Today. They have republished the article with more balance. 'Tis here: Newlink
15 comments:
Mike - the article at https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ivo-ltd-launch-quantum-drive-100000456.html is still available on the open net.
This launch, and the verification that the drive actually works in space, is world-changing. Though Richard Mansell has tested as well as possible on the ground, there's always the chance of an unexpected interaction with the vacuum chamber or *something else* causing the forces that were measured. Thus the ultimate test is whether you still get the same thrust when out in space, and at various distances from gravitational masses (planets, sun, etc.).
However, the IVO design is not the only electric space drive. I've known of Richard Banduric's Electric Space Drive since 2015, and over the last year became aware of Hector Serrano's drive (Gravitec Inc) that should also get its space test in a few months. With both of these, the same sorts of problems with a disbelief that it's possible, even though their data is good.
It might feel a bit like Galileo trying to persuade people to look through his telescope and see the moons moving, where the people were worried about heresy if they actually looked at the data - once you've seen the truth, it's somewhat hard to keep on denying that it's true.
One of the problems these days is that there seems to be an official truth that is allowed to be published, and conflicting ideas are suppressed by the media and social networks. Though we notice it with science, it's powerful for political items. It's however not unique to this period in time - see Tulip Mania, the South Sea Bubble, Eugenics, and various popular movements in the past where though it's obvious to us now that the thinking was wrong at the time, at that time the majority of people accepted the lie as being the truth (at least up till it all crashed). Today's obvious untruth is that we can run our civilisation on wind and solar power and that it will be cheaper too. The data, of course, says otherwise.
Of course, with IVO I expect it to work, and that so many people will want to put the drives in their satellites once it's proven that they'll need to sub out the manufacture. After all,it changes the satellite lifetime from a few years (till the fuel runs out) to as long as the electronics continue to work (which could be several decades). Very much cheaper even at this stage of technology. Fairly obviously, it will at some point be possible to lift off from the ground too, which will make access to space very much cheaper and far less polluting. Kind of hard to stop that, once the initial proof is there.
I look forward to seeing the results of these experiments. Congratulations on your progress so far.
Hi Mike, keep us all poste please.
Don’t stop Dr Mike.
You inspired me to go back and get a STEM degree.
The data doesn’t lie.
IMO, work needs to be done to identify Unruh radiation. This can convince sceptics that an EM Drive doesn’t violate the conservation of momentum.
I've come to this page (almost) every day for the last few years, I'm so happy and excited for you and the progress your theory has made. I cannot believe you've got this to the point where it'll be in space!!! Haters and naysayers be damned, this is what science looks like. Thank you Mike! Exciting times are ahead!
Sure would be nice to see the end of Dark Matter.
When that happens, they'll have to re-write Star Trek, lol.
Fantastic news Dr. McCulloch! Please keep at it and don't let the skeptics (with heads in sand) deter you.
It looks like it's back up, with an additional section, "An Alternate Theory of Inertia".
https://www.universetoday.com/160516/the-first-all-electrical-thruster-the-ivo-quantum-drive-is-headed-to-space/
Congratulations Mike!
https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/03/21/046253/propellantless-system-for-satellites-will-get-tested-in-space -- Way to go!!!
Long time follower and also saw this on Slashdot of all things- so I came over here to comment. I understand you are being shut down by the mainstream science folk who simply calculate F=MA and assume reality is so simple- but the title of this blog post should've been something more informative about how we're actually getting an experiment in orbit.
This is awesome- and should not be judged through the lens of (social) media.
Congratulations, this is exciting news !
Congratulations! I am most pleased to see it launch and a lot earlier than I expected too. Are you allowed to say more about the device they made? Did you have a day on it and are you a co owner of the patent? You deserve to be!
I presume it is like the experiments you have been doing or is it more EM drive like?
I can't want till launch...
Thank you all. Oh, and moofree, I changed the title for you!
Congratulations! I would be interested in knowing how the thrust was actually measured. Will there be a paper published which has the details? Also, I wonder if actual acceleration has been achieved and not just static forces? Thanks.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch on the 7th November 2023, the Transporter-9 mission with the IVO Quantized Inertia Drive experiment on board.
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