From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@together.net)
Date: Sat Dec 06 1997 - 06:59:43 MST
mark@unicorn.com wrote:
>
> Michael Lorrey [retroman@together.net] wrote:
> >Exotic Matter far predates Sagan. It goes all the way back to the early
> >50's. ALcubierre posited it for use in his warp drive concept...
>
> Uh, unless I'm much mistaken Alcubierre wrote his paper in 1994 (give
> or take a year or so). Unfortunately later research seems to show that
> the largest sustainable warp is smaller than the size of a proton, so
> it's not much help 8-(.
>
> Mark
I was under the impression that Alcubierre had published his initial
concept around the same time that Casimir was publishing his first
papers on the Casimir Effect.
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