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Warp Engines In Development?

Toloran writes "Although a staple of Sci-Fi space travel, it is often deemed to be just that: Fiction. However, it seems that one is currently in development. "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.""

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  1. First Post by cli_man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

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  2. Pr0n? by ect5150 · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    But will it allow me to download porno any faster?

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  3. News Flash! by GISGEOLOGYGEEK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A time warp has occured!

    April fools day has fallen a miraculous 3 months early!

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