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British Scientist paves the way to enable travel at warp speed

Started by Fay, May 14, 2015, 07:58:07

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Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Rick

No Warp Drive Here: NASA Downplays 'Impossible' EM Drive Space Engine

Despite the fevered reports rocketing around the Internet recently, NASA is not on the verge of developing a fuel-free, faster-than-light propulsion system, space agency officials stress.

A team based at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston reportedly tested a prototype engine system in a vacuum recently and determined that it produced a small amount of thrust. This news was disclosed on a NASASpaceflight.com forum earlier this year, and last week, it hit the broader Internet with a vengeance, as some pieces linked the technology to a long-sought "warp drive."

More: http://www.space.com/29363-impossible-em-drive-space-engine-nasa.html

Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Rick

Heh! The Mail clearly hadn't done any fact-checking on its story. :abducted: