Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?!

LJK — 1/5/2006 6:16:16 PM (archived)

Just saw this on Unmannedspaceflight.com

The news item - a quote:

"The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist Burkhard Heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft.

"Also, if a large enough magnetic field was created, the craft would slip into a different dimension, where the speed of light is faster, allowing incredible speeds to be reached. Switching off the magnetic field would result in the engine reappearing in our current dimension."

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006

The actual paper:

http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/cb/cb26/heim/theorie_raumfahrt/hqtforspacepropphysicsaip2005.pdf

Is it for real? Is it a load of hokum? Does this mean we will have the USS Enterprise far sooner than once thought? Will ETI with interstellar warships star arriving soon?

I report - you decide.

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Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - LJK - 1/5/2006 6:16:16 PM
- Some more information - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2006 12:37:40 AM
  - re: Some more information - LJK - 1/8/2006 4:34:12 PM
- The root New Scientist Article - phil - 1/6/2006 3:11:26 PM
  - re: The root New Scientist Article URL - phil - 1/6/2006 3:12:13 PM
    - A quack - or the Next Einstein? - LJK - 1/6/2006 4:16:41 PM
      - Come on...nobody can come up with a subscale experiment? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 6:32:15 PM
        
        There's 35 Tesla strength magnets in Florida......Make it so! (n/t) - Lee - 1/7/2006 4:23:25 AM
        
        The ability of this theory to determine particle mass does make one wonder. - Lee - 1/6/2006 8:52:48 PM
        
        re: Come on...nobody can come up with a subscale experiment? - LJK - 1/6/2006 7:51:08 PM
        
        Remember this guy? - et - 1/6/2006 8:10:43 PM
        
        re: Remember this guy? Yes - phil - 1/6/2006 10:49:51 PM
        
        And what exactly is magnetic flux made of? - Lee - 1/6/2006 10:58:57 PM
        
        To first order - R.L. - 1/7/2006 12:24:51 PM
        
        But lines of force in a magnetic field are not just mental models. - Lee - 1/7/2006 10:48:58 PM
        
        Ferrofluids - podrock - 1/10/2006 4:44:32 PM
        
        Very cool, just ordered one. Thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 1/10/2006 7:43:38 PM
        
        well, depends on semantics I guess - e.k. - 1/8/2006 5:09:01 AM
        
        Another good question. - Lee - 1/9/2006 2:11:51 AM
        
        1) I dont know - R.L. - 1/9/2006 4:50:07 AM
        
        CORRECTION - R.L. - 1/7/2006 12:41:38 PM
        
        re: I could give you my understanding of it, but it would upset RL/ Mod Bob. (n/t) - Johannes - 1/7/2006 12:45:13 AM
        
        Only if it is your usual pseudoscience... - ModBob - 1/8/2006 12:50:12 AM
        
        Considering there is no "official" theory, give it a shot. - Lee - 1/7/2006 4:21:13 AM
        
        re: When I have time I'll post it on OT, saves Mod Bob the trouble. (n/t) - Johannes - 1/8/2006 5:16:43 AM
        
        re: And what exactly is magnetic flux made of? - phil - 1/7/2006 12:16:50 AM
        
        Put more simply, it's a relativistic electric field. - et - 1/7/2006 5:07:58 AM
        
        And the link... - et - 1/7/2006 5:08:42 AM
      - re: A quack - or the Next Einstein? - phil - 1/6/2006 5:52:09 PM
        
        re: A quack - or the Next Einstein? - Hugheim - 1/25/2006 12:32:51 PM
- First off, there are no parallel universes involved.... - et - 1/6/2006 3:30:21 AM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - john - 1/6/2006 1:33:55 AM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - john - 1/6/2006 1:33:51 AM
- Bunk! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/6/2006 12:24:03 AM
  - It is bunk... - R.L. - 1/7/2006 7:21:48 AM
    - Not just the field needed - Adam - 1/9/2006 6:28:03 AM
  - re: Bunk! - Dave M - 1/6/2006 11:25:13 PM
    - Einstein and Heim - LJK - 1/9/2006 5:27:43 PM
      - I say we give these guys some rope. - Lee - 1/9/2006 8:11:08 PM
  - re: Bunk? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:01:48 AM
    - re: Bunk? - LJK - 1/6/2006 2:41:32 AM
- re: Concepts - Raoul - 1/5/2006 8:30:02 PM
- Physics stuff in the paper is a bit deep for me... - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 7:54:20 PM
  - It didn't look like a serious proposal to me. - SDF - 1/6/2006 2:11:56 AM
    - Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive - LJK - 1/6/2006 5:35:11 PM
      - re: Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive - Dave M - 1/6/2006 11:18:18 PM
        
        Krasnikov reckons... - Adam - 1/9/2006 6:33:11 AM
        
        Centauri Dreams take on it - LJK - 1/9/2006 6:47:02 PM
        
        Marc Millis on Hyperspace Propulsion from Centauri Dreams - LJK - 1/11/2006 10:43:08 PM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - phil - 1/5/2006 6:39:37 PM
  - re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - LJK - 1/7/2006 1:22:54 AM
  - My questions - LJK - 1/6/2006 2:24:56 AM

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