Im aktuellen New Scientist Magazin... eins der Referenze Magazine in Sachen Wissenschaft wird in der Titel Story beschrieben was sich wie SciFi anhört...aber so wie es aussieht schneller Science Fact wird als man glaubt.
Der Antrieb basiert auf eine Theorie von Professor Burhard Heim aus dem 50er Jahren.... die, wie es aussieht garnicht so Theoretisch ist.
Ein starkes Magnetfeld wird um das Schiff aufgebaut und dieses öffnet einen zugang zum "Subraum" in den das Schiff dann viele mal schneller reisen kann als das Licht.
Der deutsche Wissenschaftler Professor Jochen Hauser (Salzgitter) hat nun einen Weg gefunden diese zu verwirklichen. Die ESA und NASA sind ja sofort Feuer und Flamme und haben ihn in zusammen Arbeit mit der US Airforce und dem American Department of Energy die nötigen Mittel zu verfügung gestellt um einen Prototyp zu bauen. Um das nötige Gravitationsfeld zu erzeugen, wird die sogenannte "Z Machine" genutzt.
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He said the engine would enable spaceships to travel to different solar systems. "If it works correct then this is not science fiction, it is science fact," Prof Hauser said.
I think the best-case scenario would be within the next five years [to build a test device] if the technology works."
Dröscher (Austria) is hazy about the details, but he suggests that a spacecraft fitted with a coil and ring could be propelled into a multidimensional hyperspace. Here the constants of nature could be different, and even the speed of light could be several times faster than we experience. If this happens, it would be possible to reach Mars in less than 3 hours and a star 17 light years away in only 80 days, Dröscher and Häuser say.
In its present design, Dröscher and Häuser's experiment requires a magnetic coil several metres in diameter capable of sustaining an enormous current density. Most engineers say that this is not feasible with existing materials and technology, but Roger Lenard, a space propulsion researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico thinks it might just be possible. Sandia runs an X-ray generator known as the Z machine which "could probably generate the necessary field intensities and gradients".
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Wenn das alles wirklich so klappt.... ohhh mannn... Dann spielen wir demnächst Realistische Simulationen
Ich schätze das wenn alles klappt (ich wiederhole mich) werden wir wohl in 20 Jahren das erste Interstellaree Schiff haben. Es muss da ja viel getestet werden, ob der Subraum nicht schädlich ist für uns u.s.w. und außerdem müssen wir das ganze Zeugs ja erst mal in den Orbit bekommen.
Hab noch in einer Englischen Zeitung was gefunden:
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 17 light years away in just 80 days, according to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.
The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist Burkhard Heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft.
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.
The US air force has expressed an interest in the idea and scientists working for the American Department of Energy - which has a device known as the Z Machine that could generate the kind of magnetic fields required to drive the engine - say they may carry out a test if the theory withstands further scrutiny.
Professor Jochem Hauser, one of the scientists who put forward the idea, told The Scotsman that if everything went well a working engine could be tested in about five years.
However, Prof Hauser, a physicist at the Applied Sciences University in Salzgitter, Germany, and a former chief of aerodynamics at the European Space Agency, cautioned it was based on a highly controversial theory that would require a significant change in the current understanding of the laws of physics.
"It would be amazing. I have been working on propulsion systems for quite a while and it would be the most amazing thing. The benefits would be almost unlimited," he said.
"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.
"It's our job to prove we are right and we are working on that."
He said the engine would enable spaceships to travel to different solar systems. "If the theory is correct then this is not science fiction, it is science fact," Prof Hauser said.
"NASA have contacted me and next week I'm going to see someone from the [US] air force to talk about it further, but it is at a very early stage. I think the best-case scenario would be within the next five years [to build a test device] if the technology works."
The US authorities' attention was attracted after Prof Hauser and an Austrian colleague, Walter Droscher, wrote a paper called "Guidelines for a space propulsion device based on Heim's quantum theory".
übel.....
(ich bin dann auch 35, nebenbei bemerkt^^^)
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