From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2002 - 01:52:30 MST
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Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0107316
From: Michael Ibison <ibison@earthtech.org>
Date (v1): Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:17:51 GMT (230kb)
Date (revised v2): Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:56:22 GMT (231kb)
Engineering the Zero-Point Field and Polarizable Vacuum For Interstellar
Flight
Authors: H. E. Puthoff, S. R. Little, M. Ibison
Comments: Presented at the First International Workshop in Field Propulsion
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, January 2001
A theme that has come to the fore in advanced planning for
long-range space exploration is the concept of "propellantless
propulsion" or "field propulsion." One version of this concept
involves the projected possibility that empty space itself (the
quantum vacuum, or space-time metric) might be manipulated so as
to provide energy/thrust for future space vehicles. Although such
a proposal has a certain science-fiction quality about it, modern
theory describes the vacuum as a polarizable medium that sustains
energetic quantum fluctuations. Thus the possibility that
matter/vacuum interactions might be engineered for space-flight
applications is not a priori ruled out, although certain
constraints need to be acknowledged. The structure and
implications of such a far-reaching hypothesis are considered
herein.
Paper: PDF only
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