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		ktizo on May 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mustafa's Space Drive: An Egyptian Student's Quant... As far as I am aware, dynamic casmir is achieved by moving a virtual mirror at relativistic speeds to create photons, so I am assuming that if the photons are preferentially directed, there would be a small net force in the opposite direction.

starwed on May 27, 2012 [–]

And what is a virtual mirror, I ask?

ktizo on May 27, 2012 | [–]

In the report I read they were using SQUIDs to make the effect of a mirror that operated in the microwave range.

[edit] you could also use a real mirror, is just very hard to move it that fast.

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