This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

The device could theoretically work by having the generator pass through the ... rearranging itself in this way by maintaining the same electrostatic force inside the device.

The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator and was originally invented in the late 1800’s by James Wimshurst. It uses two counter-rotating disks to generate an electrostatic charge ...