Earth To Mars In 3hrs **no Joke** |
Earth To Mars In 3hrs **no Joke** |
Jan 5 2006, 05:57 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 102 |
Just got tipped off to this story
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006 Here is the paper http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/cb/cb26/heim/theor...sicsaip2005.pdf They could feasibly have a prototype within 5 years!!! Happy New Year indeed everyone. |
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Jan 5 2006, 06:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
This is the subject of the lead article in the 7 January 2006 New Scientist.
The 'prototype in five years' line appears to relate to the prospects of a high-Tesla test to determine whether any physical effects may be detected being feasible in about that timescale - not to the building of a spacedrive. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jan 5 2006, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
I just had a brief look at the paper itself, which is as clear as the proverbial water-enriched regolith. I'm no judge of the specific content, which seems to promise wonders indeed, but I can judge the cultural context as defined by the References.
These are skimpy, and in some cases appear to be quite 'generalist' in nature, and are *not* what I'd expected. The NS article *does* make it clear that Burkhard Heim only described this work once in a peer-reviewed form (and also that he must have been a most remarkable man, being horribly injured in the 1940s yet still pursuing his theories). His major claim to credibility appears to be that his theories have correctly predicted the masses of fundamental particles in ways that simply outshine competing methodologies. Sandia Labs appears to offer the prospect of a test using the Z-machine X-ray generator, wich could probably generate the necessary magnetic fields. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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