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Warp Engines In Development?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-giving-her-all-she's-got-captain dept.

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. Re:This is SO neat! by jekewa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Heck. I'll go. I'm sure you saps won't miss me.

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    End the FUD
  2. Re:This is SO neat! by avronius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Probably the best movie of all time... and only a little off-topic!