499.6 seconds: NASA and Boeing Complete Hot Fire.

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 20215 yr by martin-w

I watched that live last night, and was happy to see that they managed to go the full distance

One day Chris, not sure when, we will simply spin up our anti-grav launch plates and our space ship above will weigh 90% less.

And yes, I'm once again heading to my shed to build a prototype. 

That's nice, but let me know when we have a functioning warp drive.  Or at least a functioning hyperdrive that will allow us to travel faster than the speed of light.  I want ludicrous speed! 😜

51 minutes ago, stans said:

That's nice, but let me know when we have a functioning warp drive.  Or at least a functioning hyperdrive that will allow us to travel faster than the speed of light.  I want ludicrous speed! 😜

 

Hmm... I haven't really got the facilities in my shed for a warp drive. Although my spirits have been raised by a recent paper that suggests negative energy may not be required.

Now, astrophysicist Erik Lentz has outlined a new theoretical design that could allow FTL travel based on conventional physics

https://newatlas.com/physics/ftl-warp-drive-no-negative-energy/

 

 

2 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

Hmm... I haven't really got the facilities in my shed for a warp drive. Although my spirits have been raised by a recent paper that suggests negative energy may not be required.

Now, astrophysicist Erik Lentz has outlined a new theoretical design that could allow FTL travel based on conventional physics

https://newatlas.com/physics/ftl-warp-drive-no-negative-energy/

 

 

Now that's what I'm talking about!

If this isn't possible...

 

 

Then maybe this?