They further note that many of the flaws they saw in the original experiment (which they had thought to blame for the thrust Shawyer found) could be ruled out. Ultimately, they suggest that

I had not heard this new development. Thanks for sharing. I really do hope that this pans out in the long term. We really do need a more advanced form of propulsion to drive things forward (no pun intended).

I have always had an ambition to visit Mars. The EM drive may be part of the first step on that journey even if it isn't directly responsible it could allow for new technologies using similar principles that could get us there.