截至目前（2016年11月28日），NASA 及约翰逊太空中心均未对此论文发表任何评论。NASA 官方曾于2015年评论称：媒体热炒的 EmDrive 是一项“小工作”，无任何实际成果。鉴于 NASA 官方从未给 EmDrive 背书，法国物理学家 Steven J Thomson 认为，给这项研究贴上“NASA 发现”的标签并不合适。
据英国媒体 IBTimes 报道，Eagleworks 实验室已被 NASA 关闭，由于研究成果不受重视，该项目的核心人物之一 Paul March 在论文发表之前已决意离开。
论文基本信息
【题目】Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum
【作者】Harold White, Paul March, James Lawrence, Jerry Vera, Andre Sylvester, David Brady, and Paul Bailey
【期刊】Journal of Propulsion and Power
【日期】17 November 2016
【DOI】10.2514/1.B36120
【摘要】A vacuum test campaign evaluating the impulsive thrust performance of a tapered radio-frequency test article excited in the transverse magnitude 212 mode at 1937 MHz has been completed. The test campaign consisted of a forward thrust phase and reverse thrust phase at less than 8 × 10−6 torr vacuum with power scans at 40, 60, and 80 W. The test campaign included a null thrust test effort to identify any mundane sources of impulsive thrust; however, none were identified. Thrust data from forward, reverse, and null suggested that the system was consistently performing with a thrust-to-power ratio of 1.2 ± 0.1 mN/kW.
发表于 2016-11-30 00:45
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