January 5, 2006
-- by Dave Johnson
What do you think about this? Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip,
The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist Burkhard Heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft.See also here for more details.
Also, if a large enough magnetic field was created, the craft would slip into a different dimension, where the speed of light is faster, allowing incredible speeds to be reached. Switching off the magnetic field would result in the engine reappearing in our current dimension.
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is that the dimension where there are fewer republicans, allowing incredible progress to be achieved. Yeah, that one.
Wasn't there a reporter who did an extensive article on the governments research into anti-gravity? I forget his name. I did a meandering search on this topic once and I came accross an article about how the Russians in co-operation with the US were developing a thruster that used electromagnetic fields for propulsion. I didn't save it unfortunately.
There is a lot of junk out there, but some intriguing tidbits too. Here is NASA's page on the warp drive.
Posted by: Brenda at January 5, 2006 2:56 PM
I like this line from the researcher:
"If the theory is correct then this is not science fiction, it is science fact."
Man. Can't argue with that logic. No wonder Dr. Strangl--er Hauser got the generals to give him tons of cash.
Posted by: mondo dentro at January 5, 2006 3:10 PM
As someone with a strong desire to see commercial space travel, the start of extraterrestrial terraforming and permanent offworld outposts in my lifetime, well, damn I hope that could work.
Posted by: natasha at January 5, 2006 4:20 PM
Will the first ship using this drive for a 'three hour" tour be named the Guppy?
On a more serious note, seeing so many super-drives over the years, like the 1950s era Dean Drive that may have been an inspiration for Star Trek's "impulse" drive (http://www.jerrypournelle.com/science/dean.html#deandrive), that I've now got an "I'm from Missouri" attitude.
Interesting theory, show me a working model and I'll buy it.
Posted by: RepubAnon at January 5, 2006 9:01 PM
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