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Originally posted by broli
This is why the public release of this experiment is highly unnatural. I believe the fact it has been done by the European space agency might be a reason, you will never see this kind of controversial scientific news out of the US. At the same time this article might be the last we'll ever hear of this experiment, that also won't be a first.
[edit on 26-2-2010 by broli]
We cooperate and receive contracts from NASA, ESA and major industry such as ASTRIUM and ALENIA or research institutions such as the Max-Planck institute.
Moreover, I'm working on several other advanced propulsion concepts including consultancy for the US Air Force on breakthrough propulsion physics (ultimate goal is to find a new type of engine that can enable interstellar travel).
Originally posted by broli
That's also quite a low speed. Can you imagine the effect of this had it been spinning at millions of RPM. Or even higher, nearing the speed of light like in a circular particle accelerator. I believe this effect can also give rise to anti gravity.
Originally posted by ProjectedLogic
On a side note, I wonder if this is related to the claim of spinning objects becoming lighter.
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Originally posted by nostrashawnus
Originally posted by ProjectedLogic
Funny you mention that, I was trying to explain that to my daughter last week. I gave her this example, I told her to go move the washing machine. She tried to move it, but due to the size and weight she couldn't. I put it on the spin cycle and let it get the RPM's up and told her to move it. At that point she could move it around pretty effortlessly. She was amazed.
Isn't it actually lighter due to the internal weight of the clothes being caught in freefall within the dryer? If it's falling, it's weightless. Right? Or does this also happen when it's empty?
So guys I'm sorry to break down on the happiness but this technology will be buried with the countless others that have come before it.
I realized that it is we that should bring the change rather than these corrupt politicians and scientists who clean their shoes. If this doesn't happen this kind of society changing technology will never see the light of day.
the craft would ride this wave inside a region known as a warp bubble of flat space. Since the ship is not moving within this bubble, but carried along as the region itself moves, conventional relativistic effects such as time dilation do not apply in the way they would in the case of a ship moving at high velocity through flat spacetime.