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Hyperdrive and Space Propulsion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-the-moon-alice dept.

Interested reader writes "MSNBC has an article covering the recent Space Technology and Applications Forum in New Mexico, which included a frontier physics session on hyperdrive, wormholes, and other blue sky ideas. The idea is a revival of NASA's long-dead (and heavily criticized) Advanced Propulsion Project."

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  1. The hyperdrive works by skipping ahead by NthDegree256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I don't know about the hyperdrive, but I clicked on the hyperlink in the article and I was immediately on page 2! Amazing!

  2. Wrong Terminology by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 3, Funny
    a frontier physics session on hyperdrive, wormholes, and other blue sky ideas.

    I believe the proper technical term is: pie in the sky ideas.

    1. Re:Wrong Terminology by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 4, Funny
      Given that it was held in New Mexico, Blue Sky is appropriate.

      I was referring to the imminent practicality of those ideas. There is indeed Blue Sky in New Mexico but in that conference it was mostly obsucred by cloudy pipe dreams. I do wonder if they handed out bongs at the reception.

  3. Prior Art by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    And in further news, Star Trek claims prior art and all intellectual property rights to any hyperdrive. A spokesman for Paramount says, "Even though we call it Warp Drive, its all the same thing. We had our spaceship launched back in 1967 and now want royalties on discovery. You saw it on TV, so you know it must be true."

    NASA has no comment, but are reportedly checking into the technology of Lost in Space to determine the validity of Star Trek's claims.

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  4. Frontier physics? by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 3, Funny

    I keep getting an image in my head of Newton's Laws of Whittlin', and it won't go away.

  5. Re:Only one basket? by interactive_civilian · · Score: 4, Funny
    Given earth's history, we can easily afford to wait a hundred thousand years before even starting to worry about getting off this planet.

    Right...procrastination is always a good policy.

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  6. Re:Mod me down by raoul666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet you could get there on a scooter by the time your comment gets modded up.

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  7. The old joke... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Sure, a few blackboards for a few mathematicians and physicists might seem like a cheap way for NASA to look like it is doing something

    Administrator #1: "If we start a Department of Mathematics, all we'll need to buy is pencils, papers, and erasers."

    Administrator #2: "If we start a Department of Philosophy, we wouldn't need to buy the erasers."

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