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ComfortableIntern218 OP t1_jcr1s3b wrote

I am skeptical. I see they had an announcement a year ago and offered demos to companies. I would bet that's how they have a launch partner. It is also not surprising that a company with possibly revolutionary tech keeps quiet about how it does what it does it the public space.

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carso150 t1_jcqyfo5 wrote

Taking into account it doesnt have an atmosphere and it's being constantly blasted 24/7 by the biggest nuclear reactor in the solar system i don't really see how a bunch of tiny reactors are going to do much of a diference

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BlG_DlCK_BEE t1_jcqr427 wrote

It’s slightly different here in that the News in America serves mostly corporate interests whereas the news in China serves party interests. Yes there are conservative news stations and more liberal news stations but only insofar as they cover social issues, they refuse to comment on wage disparity or economic inequality to any major degree and always end up supporting bailouts for the wealthy while failing to cover labor issues in a meaningful way.

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jusdisgi t1_jcqccu8 wrote

Well I wouldn't express certainty about it. But you seem to suggest equal aversion to doubt and belief, which I don't think is really right either. Is it possible that this company has created a really remarkable new drive type that somehow needs no fuel but isn't just a solar sail? I suppose so? But it's far enough outside our understanding of the related physics that it requires some explantion. The sheer novelty of their claim, added to their complete unwillingness to say anything at all about how it works should make us pretty darn skeptical.

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