Posted on 08/02/2014 12:16:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I heard the same. He lived in Galesburg, Illinois. One guy I talked to years ago claimed to know him.
For later
yup. nothing works until they say so.
our modern day “priests of the material universe and nothing more.”
We don’t even understand gravity despite it being one of the most well known physical forces.
There’s just no (known) reason mass should be an attractive force. Personally I think its the holy grail of space flight.
It certainly gives us a clearer picture when we understand how and why something works but it isn’t a necessity. We can accept that it works and that’s that.
But when we understand how and why something works, its a fist step toward controlling it and using it to our advantage.
I read the paper linked to, and followed the equations. It appears they've found a scheme to use unbalanced forces from electromagnetic radiation in a cavity.
The paper was several years old. I hope they publish more soon.
The Chinese or the Americans?
“bouncing microwaves around in a closed container.”
This would explain why my microwave oven keeps bouncing around on the counter. It was trying to go into warp.....
If it did produce enough speed to get close to light speed, they’ll have to also tackle the problem of being fried by the charged particles they’d be colliding with.
It’d be better to send a probe with this engine and a bunch of sensory gadgets on board to send back data relevant to the attempt. Shouldn’t cost too much to do, either.
Too bad we’re broke.
Exciting times to be in - when we discover we were wrong, or "not fully up on" something like this, it leads to bigger leaps.
And much money is lost by those who invest in the impossible made to seem possible.
That gives a lot of credence to Burt Rutans comment about NASA being pronounced NaySay. NASA dissed the technology but the Chinese didnt...now we find out its real and weve lost 5 years of R&D time.
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Happens all the time. The DOE is currently helping the Chinese develop a lftr thorium reactor that will revolutionize the world of nuclear energy by collapsing costs. The first prototypes of the reactors were developed in the late 60s and then shelved ostensibly because they weren’t dual use. The Chinese picked up the plans several years ago as they were available to everyone. There are currently several US companies looking for funding to develop a prototype. But the feds are not helping. The canadian government is helping their lftr thorium start up.
eaw. The whole bidness makes me sic.
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