Boeing Confirms Research To Defy Gravity

Ananova ^ | 7-29-2002

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Boeing confirms research to defy gravity

Boeing has confirmed it's carrying out tests on several anti-gravity devices which could allow almost fuelless aircraft and huge spacecraft.

The company wants to join forces with a Russian scientist who claims to have developed a way to shield objects from gravity.

Dr Yevgeny Podkletnov was ridiculed by sections of the science community when he released details of his research in 1996.

He claimed objects above a spinning, superconducting disc lost weight, but other researchers say they have been unable to validate the results.

A Boeing spokesman said: "We feel there is a basic science that exists for all this. We would very much like to work with the Russian scientist who is looking into all this."

Nasa and the military wing of BAe Systems are also both working on anti-gravity research projects.

Details of the Boeing project, called GRASP - Gravity Research for Advanced Space Propulsion - were revealed by Jane's Defence Weekly.

The Boeing spokesman said: "We have conducted tests on a number of anti-gravity devices. These devices do not actually break the laws of physics.

"We are trying to engineer the science in a way that produces something workable. It could help produce a transport system that works without fuel, or produce spacecraft."

Story filed: 12:44 Monday 29th July 2002

[Frank_Discussion]

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[Travis McGee]

ping.

[Ferris]

Hurry up with that anti-gravity car already!
I'm tired of waiting!

[philosofy123]

I have witnessed the floatation of a disk in the air. The superconductor causes the gravity to stop. The question is how do you apply the concept on am aircraft?

[mattdono]

We feel there is a basic science that exists for all this

This all seems possible (theoretically). There is after all gravity; there should be and equal and opposite force: anti-gravity.

Interesting...

[mattdono]

That's cool! I think that it only stands to reason that we will/can develop this type of technology.

[philosofy123]

Remember, the Russians are the pioneers in this.

[Frank_Discussion]

I've seen this, too, in a laboratory at University of Houston. It was mad-scientist stuff, but undeniably real. I felt like I was in a movie!

[Petronski]

They are also researching a way to make $5000 a week working in the home stuffing envelopes, and a technique to run internal combustion engines on tap water.

Wanna invest?

[gilor]

Remember, the Russians are the pioneers in this.

Future air diaster in the making?

[Frank_Discussion]

Yes, they've been pioneers at a number of things. And that's all very well and good, but consider the moon race: They were the first out of the gate there, too, and see where it got them. I'm not trying to be overly-critical, on the contrary, I applaud them for investigating the fringe. It's healthy.

It is also smart that we "include" them in our own research and development of such stuff, as we take the ball and run with it.

[Rebelbase]

The light bulb, airplanes and television were hairbrained scemes decades before they became reality also.

[asformeandformyhouse]

It could help produce a transport system that works without fuel

What about this statement. Wouldn't the superconductor need some form of fuel?

[El Gato]

The superconductor causes the gravity to stop

No it doesn't. Rather the magnetic force opposes or counteracts the gravity force. The gravity is still there. This is no more magical than the fact that you don't slide to the center of the earth every time you try to stand up. The mechanical forces in your legs oppose the gravity forces, just as does the magnitic force in that superconducting "levitation" demonstration.

[Wm Bach]

"Paging T. Townsend Brown... paging..."

Beat me to it. And he beat Boeing by, what, 50 years?

[blam]

"I've seen this, too, in a laboratory at University of Houston. It was mad-scientist stuff, but undeniably real. I felt like I was in a movie!"

That is the Texas Center For Superconductivity, headed by Paul Chu.(..or was) My son worked in that lab as a postgrad. I saw a lot of neat floating stuff.

[hgro]

You lifted me off my chair!

[Frank_Discussion]

Do I sense some negativity, Poster Petronski? Keep watching. this is better than tap-water combustion and potentially more lucrative than envelope stuffing.

There's something real and substantial with this technology.

[blam]

"Beat me to it. And he beat Boeing by, what, 50 years?"

That would be the Bifield Brown Effect that is getting a serious second look by NASA.