{"id":30021,"date":"2016-09-09T22:49:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T05:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space"},"modified":"2017-06-04T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T21:17:09","slug":"the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018impossible\u2019 EM Drive is about to be tested in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An actual EM Drive is about to be launched into space for the first time, so scientists can finally figure out \u2014 once and for all \u2014 if it really is possible for a rocket engine to generate thrust without any kind of exhaust or propellant.<\/p>\n<p>Built by American inventor and chemical engineer, Guido Fetta, the EM Drive is as controversial as it gets, because while certain experiments have suggested that such an engine could work, it also goes against one of the most fundamental laws of physics we have.<\/p>\n<p>As Newton\u2019s Third Law states, \u201cTo each action there\u2019s an equal and opposite reaction,\u201d and many physicists say the EM Drive categorically violates that law.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space\">http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about...d-in-space<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An actual EM Drive is about to be launched into space for the first time, so scientists can finally figure out \u2014 once and for all \u2014 if it really is possible for a rocket engine to generate thrust without any kind of exhaust or propellant. Built by American inventor and chemical engineer, Guido Fetta, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66293,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30021\/revisions\/66293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}