FTL travel in the forseeable future...
This might be old news by now, but the concept is mindboggling. If the following pans out, we might have to drastically reevaluate views of the future, and which is more realistic, those portrayed by most scientists, or those portrayed by sci-fi authors:
'AN EXTRAORDINARY "hyperspace" engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by the United States government.
The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.'
... The article goes on to say...
'Prof Hauser said.
"NASA have contacted me and next week I'm going to see someone from the [US] air force to talk about it further, but it is at a very early stage. I think the best-case scenario would be within the next five years [to build a test device] if the technology works."'
-- news.scotsman.com (5 jan 2006)
P.S. I have no idea where I got the original link, as it has managed to stay of the more high profile media.
The original source is newscientist.com
Or for the more seriously minded among you, look up:
Future Space Propulsion Based on Heim's Field Theory
W. Dröscher, IGW Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; J. Hauser, Univ. Applied Sciences, Salzgitter, Germany
AIAA-2003-4990
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20-23, 2003
The first page available here
All of it available through American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
'AN EXTRAORDINARY "hyperspace" engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by the United States government.
The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.'
... The article goes on to say...
'Prof Hauser said.
"NASA have contacted me and next week I'm going to see someone from the [US] air force to talk about it further, but it is at a very early stage. I think the best-case scenario would be within the next five years [to build a test device] if the technology works."'
-- news.scotsman.com (5 jan 2006)
P.S. I have no idea where I got the original link, as it has managed to stay of the more high profile media.
The original source is newscientist.com
Or for the more seriously minded among you, look up:
Future Space Propulsion Based on Heim's Field Theory
W. Dröscher, IGW Univ. Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; J. Hauser, Univ. Applied Sciences, Salzgitter, Germany
AIAA-2003-4990
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20-23, 2003
The first page available here
All of it available through American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics