DIRECT EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INERTIA MANIPULATION THRUSTING

BRITO, HÉCTOR; ELASKAR, SERGIO

JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Año: 2006 vol. 23 p. 489 - 496

0748-4658

New experimental results suggesting that “propellantless” propulsion without external assistance is being achieved by means of electromagnetic (EM) inertia manipulation, are discussed here and compared with previous work along the same line of research. The underlying theory, based on Minkowski’s Energy-Momentum tensor for describing field-matter interactions, together with an alternative mass tensor formulation, both justifying that the inertial properties of the field generating device can be modified, are revisited. Former tests of an electromagnetic inertia manipulation thruster, engineered up to the “proof of concept” level, having yielded increasingly sharper and clearer evidence of alternate, then sustained thrusting, are briefly discussed. Recent testing activities, where increased power, improved power processing strategy and optimal use of the sensing device sensitivity were applied, resulted in a direct thrust signal, as observable in time domain plots. These results, on the basis of a reasessment of uncertainties, are shown to be consistent with an alternative formulation of Minkowski’s EM force density, which correctly predicts former peerreviewed experimental results. They remain meanwhile controversial since the system momentum is not conserved. A conjectural approach based on the mass tensor concept allows for a tentative explanation, its predictions showing a complete agreement with the new experimental data.