NASA’s Warp Drive Project: “Speeds” That Could Take a Spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in Two Weeks Even Though the System is 4.3 Light-Years Away | Space. (Before It's News) NASA’s Warp Drive Project: “Speeds” that Could Take a Spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in Two Weeks — Even Though the System is 4.3 Light-Years Away. A few months ago, physicist Harold White stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his team at NASA had begun work on the development of a faster-than-light warp drive.
His proposed design, an ingenious re-imagining of an Alcubierre Drive, may eventually result in an engine that can transport a spacecraft to the nearest star in a matter of weeks — and all without violating The above image of a Vulcan command ship features a warp engine similar to an Alcubierre Drive. Image courtesy CBS. The idea came to White while he was considering a rather remarkable equation formulated by physicist Miguel Alcubierre. Results of his Alcubierre Drive rethink This is a repost : Original article io9.com Top image: CBS Studios Inc. White House: Thumbs down on Death Star, thumbs up on space.
20th Century Fox The Death Star was a fearsome battle station in the Star Wars saga - but purely fictional. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News The White House says building a Death Star would be an out-of-this-galaxy waste of money — not only because it's against government policy to blow up planets, but also because the United States already has access to a space station as well as a laser-wielding space robot. Today's official statement on the Death Star issue, titled "This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For," was written by Paul Shawcross, chief of the science and space branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget. It comes in response to a "We the People" petition that called on the federal government to start building a "Star Wars"-style Death Star battle station by 2016.
The petition garnered more than 25,000 online signatures within a month, partly due to a signing campaign that went viral on 4chan, Reddit and Twitter. "We are living in the future! Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour’s trek across L.A. The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. The retired orbiter was carried through city streets atop a special transporter. Throngs of people lined the route as it shimmied around trees, utility poles and other obstacles.
More time-lapse video: Endeavour detached from Boeing 747 It had arrived in Los Angeles on a Boeing 747 on Sept. 20 and kept in LAX’s United Airlines hangar as it was prepared for the crosstown trip. “Mission 26″ as it was dubbed because of the spacecraft’s 25 flight missions for NASA started just before midnight Thursday and finished Sunday afternoon, more than 16 hours late. Its final journey was slowed by unexpected maintenance issues and last-minute maneuvers to avoid obstacles like trees and utility poles. . - Los Angeles Times reports Follow Bryan Chan on Twitter @bryanchanphoto Read the backstory on this video. Guildford Borough Council Planning Pages. Details of Planning Application - 12/P/01628 Application registered Consultation period Awaiting decision Decided Appeal Appeal decided Application Number: Application Type: Full Application Date Received: Registration Date: Press Date: Comments welcome by: Target Date for Decision: Location: The Green Man, 93 London Road, Burpham, Guildford, GU1 1YT Maps Online Ward: Burpham Parish: Class: Major Retail, distribution and servicing Proposal: Regeneration of the site through the erection of a foodstore together with associated car parking and landscaping.
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Theorem unifies superfluids and other weird materials. Pirate LOSS? An alternative ... I'm going to assume that you know who and what The Pirate Bay are. The Pirate Bay just announced a nifty but somewhat questionable application for the Raspberry Pi low-cost Linux computer: With the development of GPS controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio equipment and tiny new computers like the Raspberry Pi, we're going to experiment with sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air. This way our machines will have to be shut down with aeroplanes in order to shut down the system. A real act of war. We're just starting so we haven't figured everything out yet. But we can't limit ourselves to hosting things just on land anymore. I applaud their ingenuity, but I think this can be improved upon. The LOSS concept has several drawbacks. LOSS needs to either be self-sustaining (which implies solar propulsion, along the lines of ELHASPA or NASA's Pathfinder aircraft) or it's going to have to land regularly to take on fuel.
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