Hyperdrive and Space Propulsion

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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The hyperdrive works by skipping ahead

[NthDegree256]

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!

Prior Art

[Nom du Keyboard]

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.

Re:Wrong Terminology

[IgnoramusMaximus]

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.

Re:Only one basket?

[interactive_civilian]

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.

Re:Mod me down

[raoul666]

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