[IP] more on Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip
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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 8, 2006 1:27:18 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip
An interesting article, but note this from the Register's article
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/hyperdrive/):
So far so good - in theory. However, as NS notes: "The
majority of physicists have never heard of Heim theory,
and most of those contacted by New Scientist said they
couldn't make sense of Dröscher and Häuser's description
of the theory behind their proposed experiment."
Furthermore, Dröscher and Häuser's proposed practical
experiment to prove their theory requires "a magnetic coil several
metres in diameter capable of sustaining an enormous current
density" - something which the majority of engineers say
is "not feasible with existing materials and technology".
I'd love it if it worked, but I'm not buying my Mars tickets yet.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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