Mystery Tug on Spacecraft Is Einstein’s ‘I Told You So’

NY Times ^ | July 23, 2012 | DENNIS OVERBYE

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Oops!.....forgot the pic!............

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This source presents the same information without linking to the NY Times, a vile propogandist intent on the destruction of America.

Without the Times' Science Tuesday section, I would not have found the story.

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They just had an obstruction in the matter/anti-matter conduit between the dilithium crystals and the warp core.

Nope, that's just what was in the official Starfleet reports. The truth is there's a massive destructive force headed for earth and we have to go back in time to save the whales.

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Well at least you enjoy using your computer and being on the internet. ;)

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And yet it wasn’t light pressure that achieved this, but differential between how the residual gas in the bulb was warmed and set in motion at the surfaces of the vanes.

Or... the white surface reflected 'light', and the black surface absorbed light. In a sense, repulsion and attraction. The gas near the white surface would tend to expand due to the additional 'reflected heat', adding 'repulsion' to the mix.

Maybe it's a combination of things, instead of one thing.

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Turns out to be the pressure of infrared light emitted from the forward facing heat sinks of the equipment on board.

Sounds just as reasonable as...

Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

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Oops, I forgot.

Please look right here.

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A radiometer is a device for measuring the radiant flux (power) of electromagnetic radiation. Generally, the term radiometer denotes an infrared radiation detector, yet it also includes detectors operating on any electromagnetic wavelength.

A common example is the Crookes radiometer, an early-model device wherein a rotor (having vanes which are dark on one side, and light on the other) in a partial vacuum spins when exposed to light. A common myth (one originally held even by Crookes) is that the momentum of the absorbed light on the black faces makes the radiometer operate. If this were true however, the radiometer would spin away from the non-black faces, since the photons bouncing off those faces impart even more momentum than the photons absorbed on the black faces. Follow the link below for an in-depth explanation of the principles behind a Crookes radiometer.

The Nichols radiometer operates on a different principle and is more sensitive than the Crookes type.

A microwave radiometer operates in the microwave wavelengths. The radiometer contains argon gas to enable it to rotate.

The MEMS radiometer, invented by Patrick Jankowiak, can operate on the principles of Nichols or Crooke and can operate over a wide spectrum of wavelength and particle energy levels.

Source: Wikipedia

(I learn something new every day.)

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All I can say is the scientists did the math and it made sense once they did. The effect is extremely tiny of course compared with the craft’s rapid velocity. They are talking about a few hundred feet lagged during a period when the craft went millions of miles into space.