Wouldn't that be Trek Tech? Somebody already posted the mysteriousuniverse story there.
NASA may have accidentally created a warp field?
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Or the Debunking Bunker
Ooh, I like this better.
It helps if that evidence comes from a reliable source.
Hey, we deal in imaginary science, which isn't inherently the same as junk science. It's an important distinction.
I am fine with this thread being put down.
Hey, we deal in imaginary science, which isn't inherently the same as junk science. It's an important distinction.
Oh, of course, how stupid of me.
Because nobody knows wether this is an actual discovery.
They have measured an interference pattern that seems to imply a space-time contraction, among other possibilities.
However, the specific type of interference pattern does seem to match predictions made by current "warp-field theory", which is why it is being talked about at all.
In order to confirm the cause, the experiment has to be repeated, specifically in a vacuum.
NASA won't make an announcement of this magnitude until they are absolutely certain they hit paydirt.
I'm surprised this hasn't even been done. I'm all for something like this.
I personally think we need something like this, where members can freely talk about UFOs, unproven science, controversy, and the like.
Not in my and { Emilia }'s forum, as only proper science can be discussed here. Also, that kind of sub-forum would make our heads explode. There is no need for a sub-forum for these kinds of topics as they can be discussed in the Miscellaneous forum. Wander over and have at it.
(With apologies to the Misc mods. I now owe you a bottle of moonshine.)
A more reliable and detailed article: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/
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I really don't want humanity going out into outer space until they learn to end the problems and overcome their natural tendencies of xenophobia and tribalism.
Because we can only ever do one thing at a time?
It doesn't work like that.
I would think that we couldn't overcome those problems until we go out into deep space. The profound impact of seeing just how small our planet is might help with that. The "you know, all those peoples you hate. All those countries you are enemies of? They all live with you and your friends on that tiny blue ball."
Here is something promising:
http://www.space.com/26713-impossib...pid=514630_20150430_44973156&short_code=2wmwq
http://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-tests-physics-defying-method-of-space-travel-em-drive/
http://www.space.com/26713-impossib...pid=514630_20150430_44973156&short_code=2wmwq
"Test results indicate that the RF [radio frequency] resonant cavity thruster design, which is unique as an electric propulsion device, is producing a force that is not attributable to any classical electromagnetic phenomenon and, therefore, is potentially demonstrating an interaction with the quantum vacuum virtual plasma," the NASA team wrote in their study, which they presented Wednesday (July 30) at the 50th Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland. [Superfast Spacecraft Propulsion Concepts (Images)]
http://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-tests-physics-defying-method-of-space-travel-em-drive/
^That's the same thing.
The news is just starting to buzz around the web.
The news is just starting to buzz around the web.
Posters initially criticized the source of the OP. I used two sources that are listed by the forum moderators as acceptable science news sources.
I know that. It's just that all these news sites use the same forum thread on nasaspaceflight.com as a source.
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