Re: non(?)-fiction science

On 07 Jul 2000 11:52 GMT, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

>Popular magazines dealing with science and technologies often have some

>interesting stuff, e.g.

The March, 2000, issue of Scientific American has an article on
wormholes and
potential faster-than-light travel. The article was on negative energy
(not
anti-matter, note, but negative energy; if you were to fire a beam of
negative
energy at a glass of water it would get cold, not hot). 

The implication of the article is that relativity and quantum mechanics
don't
preclude faster than light travel. The idea of a "space warp" is, as far
as
current math can tell, scientifically plausible (though not in the way
Star
Trek and others envision it). It's quite an interesting article. It
suggests,
though, that jump gates are more likely than FTL drives...

It's an interesting article...

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@interlog.com
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