Proxima Centauri in Five Years and 80 days...

According to this article, the Heim Theory could reveal an interdimensional hyperspace drive capable of getting us to Mars in three hours and to other star systems in as little as 80 days.

Research won't yield a practical experiment for at least five years. We could be five years away from hyperdrive. Likely it'll be 500, but this is wild nonethless.


For me: I am going to visit the people on IRS 46

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Tim Bailey said…
Man, that's really interesting. And here I was, blithely writing away at a story where artificial intelligences in the nearish future are the ones that solve the Theory Of Everything. I have to admit I'm going to continue to maintain a healthy skepticism. But it *is* wild!
1/06/2006 07:46:00 PM
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