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Although not peer reviewed or replicated, a NASA veteran claims their Propellantless Propulsion Drive, that physics says shouldn’t work, just produced enough thrust to overcome Earth’s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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[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

That isn’t propellant-less. The propellant is air, and in space where there is no atmosphere they typically use xeon gas