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Old 16-09-2009, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Starkler View Post
Sorry you're out by a factor of 1000. 34W is a weak light bulb, 34kW could light up the MCG!
Hi,

I got curious about this. It turns out the MCG has 1680kW of lighting. Another reference says 1800kW.

So if that was an Emdrive it would be about 53Kgf of thrust. Probably not enough to send the MCG aloft.

Cheers

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