Future Technology |
The future depends on what is done today. This technology may provide cheap access to space if the vision is correct. Screening of this universal gravitomagnetic field H may screen inertia as well... If something is well screened, poor visibility or even invisibility may be a consequence... Cloaking devices may sound exciting, but screening inertia may be as important as stealth. Screening inertia down to 1/16 of normal might enable a 12 hour flight to Mars while exposing the crew to 1 g acceleration, as well as reducing the radiation burden to travellers. This may sound unrealistic to those in the know about travelling to Mars. Just because it may be possible does not mean it would be easy. Screening of inertia may be what it takes to make space flight practical. Experiments that are cost and result effective may show the way. Getting screening comparable to what is achieved today with ordinary electromagnetics, 100dB, for example, may produce technology that is indistinguishable from magic to the average person, though I don't know how many physicists or engineers will be fooled. It appears that screening has been observed. Understanding the physics may lead to things undreamt of...Measuring the permeability constant ? is a high priority. Pulse methods are being used. All that old pulsed power work provided insight... While this may sound a bit far-fetched to the layman, you must realize that man people are seriously studying the possibilities involved.
The way the market is going, maybe it's a good time to be a private enterprise? "The X prize is an example of something good that could only happen in America. I don't know how they are funding it, but it is a good thing. Cheap access to space might produce a hell of a bull market." |