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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: (Tears) Destinies, October-December 1979 edited by Jim Baen
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:55:25 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vtmcn8$deq2$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/6/25 9:20 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Destinies, October-December 1979  (Destinies, volume 5) edited by Jim Baen
>> 
>> Another foray into a short-lived Disco-era science fiction magazine.
>> 
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/memories-of-a-different-life
>
>Re:
>"I’d mock SF readers of old for their Dean Drive enthusiasm except, as 
>the EmDrive nonsense showed, the belief that the universe can be tricked 
>into providing a free lunch is evergreen."
>
>In case you are unaware, a newer "contender" can be found by searching 
>on "charles buhler propellantless propulsion".
>
> From one article of many[1]:
>
>"...
>As the EmDrive faded into scientific history, a new contender emerged, 
>led by Charles Buhler, a former NASA scientist. Buhler’s work at the 
>Kennedy Space Center’s Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory 
>laid the foundation for his current endeavors. Now, as a co-founder of 
>Exodus Propulsion Technologies, he claims to have developed a drive 
>powered by a “New Force” that operates outside the known laws of physics.
>
>This innovative drive is said to generate a sustainable force through 
>electric fields alone, allowing for center-of-mass translation without 
>the expulsion of mass. Such a discovery, if verified, would 
>fundamentally alter our understanding of physics and open up new 
>possibilities for propulsion technology. However, Buhler acknowledges 
>that independent verification is crucial to confirm these groundbreaking 
>claims.
>..."
>
>Tony
>
>[1] 
>https://www.sustainability-times.com/in-depth/this-engineer-says-hes-found-a-way-this-anti-gravity-propulsion-system-could-rewrite-every-rule-of-physics-and-space-travel/

I had in fact completely missed that.
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