On: The 'impossible' EmDrive could reach Pluto in 18 m...

[gilgoomesh]

Not exactly a journal but NASA reproduced the Cannae and EmDrive style devices and documented it:

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140006052

Turning 17 watts of microwave power into 40-91 micronewtons of thrust isn't exactly stunning, though.

[baq → gilgoomesh]

from the wikipedia ion thruster article:

> Ion thrusters have an input power spanning 1–7 kilowatts, exhaust velocity 20–50 kilometers per second, thrust 20–250 millinewtons and efficiency 60–80%.[1][2]

3 orders of magnitude less thrust than for not needing to accelerate any fuel all the way into orbit? i'll tell you space companies will send trucks full of money to anyone who can make a reliable one.

[idlewords → gilgoomesh]

Another data point: my kitchen microwave has been getting 32 millimeters to the hot pocket.