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Although not peer reviewed or replicated, a NASA veteran claims their Propellantless Propulsion Drive, that physics says shouldn’t work, just produced enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity (thedebrief.org)
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[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 26 points 6 months ago

This can't be ion propulsion because ion propulsion involves a propellant -- the ions.