Talk:Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program

It would be interesting if someone with more knowledge on the subject could clarify the section on the Disjunction Drive. Specifically:

The electromagnet is turned on briefly, then turned off, emitting a pulse of electromagnetic radiation in the process.

Electrical energy would be consumed to create this pulse. Some would appear as heat. Is the remaining energy transformed into a "pull" that propigates toward the iron?

The EMP in the above example carries significant momentum, which it transfers to the plate.

This would seem to say YES to my question.

Imagine two objects floating freely in space, not at a great distance from each other (so speed of light is not an issue), connected by a rope. If object A pulls object B, B will move toward A but A will also move toward B. Does the same thing occur when the "rope" is an EMP?

If so, put A and B a light year from each other and switch back to EMP instead of rope. Can't A "pull" itself toward B whether or not B exists?

The above "paradox" is what fields are all about.

Care to elaborate?