Hyperspace?

POSTED BY: Rodwy
UPDATED: Saturday, January 21, 2006 20:46
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RODWY

Friday, January 20, 2006 6:21 AM

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.

The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe, could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.

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

New engine has to travel approximately 48.81875 times the speed of light or approximately 14,645,625km/s to get to Lacaille 9352 which is about 10.7 light years away and is the closet star to what the distance mentioned in the article and it is the optimal choice because they have discovered a planet orbiting that star.

My math might be off a little but I can't find anything wrong with it.

Edited: To fix mistake in my math.

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RODWY

Friday, January 20, 2006 6:27 AM

I want to know what you think, but I got the speed by using distance in kilometers from earth by using a kilometers per year traveling at the speed of light times light years to get distance. Than divided it by 365 and 80 to get speed and finally divided it by 300,000 to get times the speed of light.

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RODWY

Friday, January 20, 2006 6:31 AM

I just realized I may have messed up on the math be back in a few minutes.

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RODWY

Friday, January 20, 2006 6:38 AM

New totals come out like this....

10.7 light years is approximately 101,230,560,000,000 kilometers away.

Your traveling at about 14,645,625km/s to get there in 80 days or about 48.81875 times speed of light.

Someone please check my math to figure out if it is correct.

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RODWY

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:16 PM

What is it that no one cares, or you can't figure out the math, or you don't have an opinion, cause I want to know what other people think about this.

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BOWIE

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:22 PM

ooh ah. Most people don't care about math, its intresting to hear. Would be cool if it happened. People like to fly in planes, not learn the math to keep them in the air.

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REGINAROADIE

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:25 PM

I say go for it. I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to space travel, interstellar missions and NASA. And the news that just maybe hyperspace travel is no longer science fiction but science FACT makes me all warm inside.

When the Bush Administration is no more, and whoever is lift to clean up the mess they made were to invest in this, it would be like when Kennedy promised to have a man on the moon by the ed of the decade. It'll give us something to hope and believe in.

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SIGMANUNKI

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:29 PM

It is based on controversial theories from some time ago. So, whether these theories are correct is still open for debate, never mind if they can be applied practically.

I at least will wait to see if the theory holds water before I begin to get my hopes up.

Basically, to say that the media jumped the gun here is rather an understatement.

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OAK

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:29 PM

It is a neat idea if the story is for real.

Anyone remember the Anti-Gravity substance?

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, January 20, 2006 11:37 PM

Not that we don't care, just that not all of us are up on math. As my struggling with math children say " Math is not my friend."

I would be awed if this pans out. Travel to the distant stars has been a dream that I wished for us as humanity since my father instilled it in me with his excitement over the moon landings when I was a girl.

Keep us posted and let us know if it jumps from theory to practicality.

Thanks!

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