A Rocket Engine That Will Make Space Travel Practical?

The Em Drive could allow humans to travel to the Moon in just four hours Photo: NASA

The Telegraph: 'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours

The British designed EM Drive actually works and would dramatically speed up space travel, scientists have confirmed

Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works.

The EM Drive was developed by the British inventor Roger Shawyer nearly 15 years ago but was ridiculed at the time as being scientifically impossible.

It produces thrust by using solar power to generate multiple microwaves that move back and forth in an enclosed chamber. This means that until something fails or wears down, theoretically the engine could keep running forever without the need for rocket fuel.

WNU Editor: If the engineers can make this work on a practical level .... space the final frontier .... with all of its political/military/economic aspects .... will become a reality