Posted on 02/01/2006 7:35:54 PM PST by ckilmer
Edited on 02/01/2006 7:38:00 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
That would appear to depend on whether or not there are eight dimensions and whether or not German physicists know a thing or two about math.
But, on the serious side, why can we insulate against every form om energy except gravity?
If such an insulator exhisted, the concept would work.
Yep, you're wrong on that.
The theory is that you don't actually go that fast (can't exceed speed of light and all that).
What actually happens if distorting of space-time, its very deep. Goes down to the basic question of what is 'gravity' and how is it related to time and space... then harnessing it for use in travel.
If something like this is not invented (or if it just impossible in the first place), we are simply stuck with very dangerous, long-term space journeys within our own little corner of the solar system only.
There will be no 3 year journeys to Jupiter or 10 year journeys to Pluto or 100,000 year journeys to the next star.
So we might as well try out some of this exotic stuff and see if any of it pans out.
It would get your attention!
Proper scotch spelling, please - didn't you read any period British fiction?:)
I would suppose that if you're mucking about with the very definition and effects of gravity in order to move the thing... the G-forces ~inside~ such a craft could be whatever you'd like them to be?
See, if you DO exceed the speed of light, you ain't coming back.
There is no isomorphism from and 8-cube to a four-cube, so you will be lost.
Personally, I think the strogest force is tree roots, myself.
Interesting if mars was 50 million miles you would need to travel about 25% the speed of light to make that time!
Interesting if mars was 50 million miles you would need to travel about 25% the speed of light to make that time!
LMAO!!
That may be a key if the gravity field is magnetically generated not only outside the craft but inside the craft as well. Only one problem do I see....the wave lengths of the magnetic fields (one inside the craft, one outside the craft) must be of different wave lengths.
JAO
you may well be on the inside track.
I remember reading reports in the late 1980's, of two Canadian scientists working on "anti-gravity" motors. Same type of work, fast rotating masses of metal above superconducting coils, that seemingly cancelled out gravity. I thought it wouldn't be long before we had flying saucers going to Mars. But I didn't hear anything more about these scientists in the last 15 years. (Unless they built a ship and took off for distant worlds!)
you have an excellent memory
Does The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy count?
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