[geeks] New Horizons

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 @ 14:55 -0500, Phil Stracchino said:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > BTW, has anyone noticed that there is sudenly more interest in subspace 
> > theory and Heim's unification of quantum and relative physics?  It seems 
> > that NASA and the US military want to spend some money on it lately.
> 
> Well ...   I've read some of the paper.  It seems sound.  And face it:
> If you thought you were within technological reach of a drive that could
> make Mars, Jupiter or even Pluto mere hours away instead of months or
> years, wouldn't YOU spend money on it?

Oh, absolutely.

It's just that only a few physicists understand Heim's work, so I worry
a little that the first step should be funding research into the theory
itself rather than jumping into "let's build warp drive".

Then again, maybe the idea is that pushing forward now will catalyze
understanding and spread it as well.

Another thing... this is going to cost a *LOT* of money even if it all
is blindingly obvious and everything works the first time.

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