Using magnetic field to jump to another dimension.

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AN EXTRAORDINARY "hyperspace" engine that could make interstellar space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being investigated by the United States government.


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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http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006

You've got to be s*****g me.-...
 
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I'll believe it when I see it.

By the way, what is the Scotsman's current status as a reliable news source?
 
May I remind you that the US Government also researched remote viewing, ESP, UFOs, and mind control?

Just because the Government is researching it, doesn't lend it any credibility.

But it would be cool, if actually built.
 
Apperently based on Heim theory. My untrained eye tells me that it is a theory that is not unworthy of a few thousand bucks of research money. But calling a device to test it a 'hyperspace engine' seems more than a little premature... Opening up another dimension that allows faster than light travel is not quite the same thing as travelling faster than light, just as opening an old dirt road for vehicles that can reach Mach 3 is not quite the same thing as being able to drive at Mach 3.

I guess that's what you get with those physisist people. There is no way they can explain in simple terms what they are doing and what it will be good for, so the only way they can rationalise their research spending to laymen is coming up with outrageous claims.

My humble calculations tell me that a three hour trip to Mars is not faster than light, though...
 
Earthborn said:
Apperently based on Heim theory. My untrained eye tells me that it is a theory that is not unworthy of a few thousand bucks of research money. But calling a device to test it a 'hyperspace engine' seems more than a little premature... Opening up another dimension that allows faster than light travel is not quite the same thing as travelling faster than light, just as opening an old dirt road for vehicles that can reach Mach 3 is not quite the same thing as being able to drive at Mach 3.

I guess that's what you get with those physisist people. There is no way they can explain in simple terms what they are doing and what it will be good for, so the only way they can rationalise their research spending to laymen is coming up with outrageous claims.

My humble calculations tell me that a three hour trip to Mars is not faster than light, though...
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It is fine to test the Heim Theory, but the article makes it sound like the Heim Theory have been tested, and is on par with GR and QF, which, i believe, it isn't even close to yet.
 
Ah, but what would you give to be the first person to say, "Engage!" ?
 
Am I the only one here thinking Babylon 5's jump-points?
 
Earthborn said:
I guess that's what you get with those physisist people. There is no way they can explain in simple terms what they are doing and what it will be good for, so the only way they can rationalise their research spending to laymen is coming up with outrageous claims.
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Whereas those people who can't even spell 'physicist', apparently have no idea what they're talking about.

Edited: It occurred to me that you may have said this ironically. I apologize if this is the case.
 
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TobiasTheCommie said:
It is fine to test the Heim Theory, but the article makes it sound like the Heim Theory have been tested, and is on par with GR and QF, which, i believe, it isn't even close to yet.
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I personally think the Higgs field is bollocks and thus go for Heim theory, myself. It does have some things going for it.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

Still, saying the article is a bit sensationalist is like calling the ocean wet. Most models for FTL travel require the mass-energy conversion of a small star, up to values in excess of the observed Universe.
 
Belz... said:
Pfft... stupid gate-dependent drive.
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Wrong. The gates were only necessary as waypoints to enable navigation through hyperspace (as in 'don't stray too far off the beacon') and for smaller ships that didn't have their own jump engines. The smallest ships to have jump-capability being the White Star class ships made from a combination of Mimbari and Vorlon technology.

And that's not even meantioning the 'third-space' that was part of a spin-off movie, which revolved around some ancient Vorlon technology letting through some bad-ass ships through.

</geek>
 
TobiasTheCommie said:
It is fine to test the Heim Theory, but the article makes it sound like the Heim Theory have been tested, and is on par with GR and QF, which, i believe, it isn't even close to yet.
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I don't think the article implies that at all. From the article:

"But this thing is not around the corner; we first have to prove the basic science is correct and there are quite a few physicists who have a different opinion.
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Nature produces larger magnetic fields than we can hope to ever create. If large magnetic fields can create effects that contradict most physical theories, then there should be signs of such effects out there in the universe already. That seems like a rather more natural place to start.

Pulsars (spinning neutron stars with magnetic fields) have been observed with fields in the range of 10^14 gauss and higher. I think Z-pinch machines can achieve something on the order of 10^8 gauss, which isn't anywhere close to as large. So if we can create new effects in the lab, they should be happening out there in the universe already.
 
This is sort of like buying a lotto ticket.

You don't know if these way out ideas will end up as anything useful, but you still give them a try on the off chance that they will work, or they will lead to something new.
 
If it's entropy, yes. Or hideous alien entities who hate all other life and who can only access our dimension if we help establish a link - them too.
 
Melendwyr said:
If it's entropy, yes. Or hideous alien entities who hate all other life and who can only access our dimension if we help establish a link - them too.
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DOOM!

We're in for zombie soldiers, flying skulls, and RPG-launching minotaurs for sure now.
 
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