The principle of generating small amounts of finite improbability by simply hooking the logic circuits of a Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain to an atomic vector plotter suspended in a strong Brownian Motion producer (say a nice hot cup of tea) were of course well understood — and such generators were often used to break the ice at parties by making all the molecules in the hostess’s undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left, in accordance with the theory of indeterminacy.
Many respectable physicists said that they weren’t going to stand for this, partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn’t get invited to those sorts of parties.
Another thing they couldn’t stand was the perpetual failure they encountered while trying to construct a machine which could generate the infinite improbability field needed to flip a spaceship across the mind-paralyzing distances between the farthest stars, and at the end of the day they grumpily announced that such a machine was virtually impossible.
Then, one day, a student who had been left to sweep up after a particularly unsuccessful party found himself reasoning in this way: If, he thought to himself, such a machine is a virtual impossibility, it must have finite improbability. So all I have to do in order to make one is to work out how exactly improbable it is, feed that figure into the finite improbability generator, give it a fresh cup of really hot tea... and turn it on!
He did this and was rather startled when he managed to create the long sought after golden Infinite Improbability generator. He was even more startled when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute’s Prize for Extreme Cleverness he was lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had realized that one thing they couldn’t stand was a smart-ass.
Is this how ufos fly? :)
One thing is certain, that we need a continuous thrust device not burning up heavy rocket fuel and then waiting out the ride. With constant acceleration all the difficulty of these solar system trips will be gone.
Well not all the difficulty but it will be a lot quicker to pop over to Mars.
Chester Gould thought of this over a half century ago.
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But will it end up being one of those things that works in a lab but impracticable elsewhere?
Well, if they can get thrust from the ‘quantum vacuum particles’ aka zero point energy, why use it on a space drive? Why not pipe it to an electrical generator turbine to produce “free” electricity? That’s the real big news here, a zero point energy motor.
If that’s possible then why not just send the electricity through a super-conducting coil for direct thrust? With such a Z-motor it would provide vehicle electricity plus thrust.
NASA’s into some pretty good advanced propulsion research lately. The other day there was an article on an FTL drive using space compression/expansion technology.
Of course, IMO these technologies are Black projects going back decades so these studies may go dark soon.
BFL
Impossible propulsion drives are my fav, second only to batteries made from miracle substances.
Ping to EM propulsion
The “Faraday” drive, utilizing the “right hand rule” was ridiculous until the advent of high-temperature superconductors and other material developments. Earth’s magnetic field makes our planet a natural launching pad.
They’re going to make a rocket engine from a microwave oven?
Let’s see the prototype.
Could it soon be in the travel section of a newspaper: Hyatt- Mars..a resort on the planet Mars, for your weekend vacation?
So does this make Boeings LASER/fusion drive obsolete already?
Boeing patent reveals radical ‘laser fusion’ fission engine design
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3311008/posts
Peer reviewed information necessary.
Mars in 5 months?