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NASA developing faster-than-light space travel technology
Fox News ^ | May. 04, 2015 - 3:31 | Fox News

Posted on 05/06/2015 8:58:16 AM PDT by WhiskeyX

NASA developing faster-than-light space travel technology Concept could revolutionize travel [Video]

(Excerpt) Read more at video.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: electrogravitics; electromagneticdrive; emdrive; ftl; nasa; rogershawyer; spacecraft
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1 posted on 05/06/2015 8:58:16 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

I thought “Muslim outreach” was their primary mission.


2 posted on 05/06/2015 9:00:30 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

I really hope this is true. Unfortunately, if we stick to one planet, Liberalism will doom humanity. Our only hope is the final frontier.


3 posted on 05/06/2015 9:04:21 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: WhiskeyX

LOL thanks for the laugh..
seriesly...


4 posted on 05/06/2015 9:05:40 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: WhiskeyX

No, NASA Did Not Accidentally Invent Warp Drive
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ethansiegel/2015/05/04/no-nasa-did-not-accidentally-invent-warp-drive/


5 posted on 05/06/2015 9:07:53 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: ßuddaßudd

60 second ad ... no thanks


6 posted on 05/06/2015 9:08:07 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: WhiskeyX

NASA can’t even get people to the space station and has described muslim outreach as their primary goal. I imagine they will be “working on” FTL technology for quite some time, though I don’t expect any results.


7 posted on 05/06/2015 9:08:21 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: WhiskeyX
The real headline:

NASA developing "smellier than the smell of Bullsh!t" marketing division to convince stupid people to pony up more funding.

8 posted on 05/06/2015 9:08:30 AM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: WhiskeyX

How’s the brakes?


9 posted on 05/06/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by dasboot
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To: ßuddaßudd

“LOL thanks for the laugh..”

It’s no laughing matter. The Chinese are running some successful tests, because they see major potential as an Em propulsion system for new kinds of weaponry.

See:

EmDrive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive


10 posted on 05/06/2015 9:10:32 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: sauropod

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11 posted on 05/06/2015 9:12:55 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: WhiskeyX

NASA should let us know as soon as they can go as fast as “plaid”.


12 posted on 05/06/2015 9:13:42 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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That NASA Warp Drive? Yeah, It’s Still Poppycock
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/nasa-warp-drive-yeah-still-poppycock/

Now, the last time this idea popped up it made a bunch of noise, which eventually settled down because of some pretty (ahem) obvious flaws in Eagleworks’ experiments. The physicists hadn’t run the tests in a vacuum—essential for measuring a subtle thrust signal. And while they had tested the drive under multiple conditions, one of them was intentionally set up wrong. That setup produced the same thrust signatures as the other conditions, suggesting that the signals the physicists were seeing were all artifacts.

This time around, Eagleworks researchers said they had addressed one of those problems. “We have now confirmed that there is a thrust signature in a hard vacuum,” wrote Eagleworks member Paul March in a forum. It was that post—all the way back in February—that led to most of last week’s hullabaloo....

On top of that, there’s no way to be sure that the tests were run in a hard vacuum—because the only source of information is a post on an Internet forum. Not a peer-reviewed published result, not even a one-off conference proceeding. Let’s not do science like that, OK?


13 posted on 05/06/2015 9:14:10 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: WhiskeyX
First: the evidence that this drive "works" is very poor.
Second: evidence that this is an FTL drive is non-existent.
Third: the quality of science on display here is roughly as good as NASA's climate science. [But at least this bogus science is in their actual bailiwick.]
Fourth: their funding comes from a credulous public.
14 posted on 05/06/2015 9:18:12 AM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: WhiskeyX

And a transporter.

And antigravity.

And turning lead in to gold.


15 posted on 05/06/2015 9:18:19 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: TexasGator

You can skip about 10 seconds in.


16 posted on 05/06/2015 9:21:39 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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17 posted on 05/06/2015 9:22:30 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: thackney
Let’s not do science like that, OK?

But... but... but, but, but...

It's worked so well for James Hansen.

The science is settled. The conservation of momentum is wrong.

18 posted on 05/06/2015 9:23:18 AM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: WhiskeyX

Kevmo? Is that you?


19 posted on 05/06/2015 9:28:05 AM PDT by FredZarguna (On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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To: thackney
My one question about the EM drive...though nothing quantifiable will be known for some years to come...is how do such massive EM fields affect the crew?

One other important question would be, will they be able to deflect cosmic radiation and particles to protect the crew much as the Earth's magnetic field protects organisms on the surface?

Exposure to the harshness of space will be a huge issue for anyone who is crew on one of these ships headed for Heaven knows where.

20 posted on 05/06/2015 9:30:07 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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