Okay, this could be... (checks calendar, hmmm, nowhere near April 1st...) really something, if true.
Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour tripOf course, "New Scientist" isn't the most reliable source out there. They're maybe a step above the National Enquirer, as far as I'm concerned, and well below Wired or Scientific American.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.
However, you can look at the paper yourself here. I get to about the top of page 2, and then it's over my head. I surface briefly around the middle of page 10.
Thoughts, anyone? Or should we be getting ready to start Starfleet?
J.
Comments (2)
Can you imagine the gold rush? Gosh I hope it works.
Posted by Jason | January 6, 2006 1:32 PM
Posted on January 6, 2006 13:32
You and me both, man.
J.
Posted by JLawson | January 6, 2006 3:45 PM
Posted on January 6, 2006 15:45