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From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu]
On Behalf Of Eric T Lane
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:31 AM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: 'hyperspace' engine
6-7 January 2006 at Future Brief
provided by New Global Initiatives, Inc.
"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 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. 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." Learn
more in The Scotsman.
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006
Prof. Eric T. Lane eric-lane@utc.edu
Physics Dept. 2352 423-265-7804
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga