From: Avatar Polymorph (avatarpolymorph@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 19:39:38 MDT
While looking at stuff relating to the stardrive system mentioned I found
the following article which was interesting which deals with the fluctuating
quantum vacuum as a power source for interstellar flight and also notes:
"With regard to the extraction of energy from the vacuum fluctuation energy
reservoir, there are no energetic or thermodynamic constraints preventing
such release under certain conditions. And, in fact, there are analyses in
the literature that suggest that such mechanisms are already operative in
Nature in the "powering up" of cosmic rays, or as the source of energy
releases from supernovas and gamma-ray bursts. For our purposes, the
question is whether ZPE can be "mined" at a level practical for use in space
propulsion. Given that ZPE energy density is conservatively estimated to be
on the order of nuclear energy densities or greater, it would constitute a
seemingly ubiquitous energy supply, a veritable "Holy Grail" energy source."
First International Workshop in Field Propulsion
University of Sussex 2001
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:EVPdJoO3bfEC:198.63.56.18/pdf/puthoff.pdf+StarDrive+Engineering&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://198.63.56.18/pdf/puthoff.pdf
Avatar Polymorph
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