Comments on: I’ve heard about a gravity beam that can send people through space. Is that for real? http://www.scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ask-knight-gravity/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: breaker http://www.scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ask-knight-gravity/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 breaker Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:14:02 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ive-heard-about-a-gravity-beam-that-can-send-people-through-space-is-that-for-real/#comment-2103 theoretically speed of light is unattainable however, you can supposedly travel faster than light by warping (bending gravity or the fabric of space) so that you basically teleport from a to b. Apparently there's work being done on a Z-machine engine that'll use anti-matter to propel humans. (only problem is the gamma ray issue that arises with the propulsion system). However, if successful, we can theoretically travel from earth to mars in 2.5 hours, and earth to the nearest galaxy in 80 days. pretty cool. theoretically speed of light is unattainable however, you can supposedly travel faster than light by warping (bending gravity or the fabric of space) so that you basically teleport from a to b.

Apparently there’s work being done on a Z-machine engine that’ll use anti-matter to propel humans. (only problem is the gamma ray issue that arises with the propulsion system). However, if successful, we can theoretically travel from earth to mars in 2.5 hours, and earth to the nearest galaxy in 80 days. pretty cool.

]]> By: manohar http://www.scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ask-knight-gravity/comment-page-1/#comment-535 manohar Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:12:00 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ive-heard-about-a-gravity-beam-that-can-send-people-through-space-is-that-for-real/#comment-535 is speed of light achieveable? is speed of light achieveable?

]]> By: John Dodd http://www.scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ask-knight-gravity/comment-page-1/#comment-531 John Dodd Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:39:32 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/11/13/ive-heard-about-a-gravity-beam-that-can-send-people-through-space-is-that-for-real/#comment-531 A scientist by the name of Ning Lee working at the University of Alabama (huntsville alabama ) back in the late 90s had the math behind this effect. Podlenov used her work to prove the possibility of his. NASA invested money in her math but when she found out that NASA's idea of a grant was to use 9/10s of it wining and dining and only giving her 1/10 of the money, she backed out. She was quite a brain but did not understand the stupidity of the NASA bureaucrats at the time. I was there and had many enjoyable talks with her at the time. A scientist by the name of Ning Lee working at the University of Alabama (huntsville alabama ) back in the late 90s had the math behind this effect. Podlenov used her work to prove the possibility of his. NASA invested money in her math but when she found out that NASA’s idea of a grant was to use 9/10s of it wining and dining and only giving her 1/10 of the money, she backed out. She was quite a brain but did not understand the stupidity of the NASA bureaucrats at the time. I was there and had many enjoyable talks with her at the time.

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