Ahem. I hate to say this with all the physics gurus out there, but I sometimes
get these self-destructive urges...;+)
First of all let me say that I have as little to do with physics as possible...
so doubtless this is nothing but more hand-waving.
Lots of people have been saying that you can't have a reactionless thruster
because it violates conservation of momentum, or a jump drive because it
violates casuality. But isn't that just according to the physics we know now?
Wait! Before you take Plasma Rifle in hand to blast me to atoms, isn't it
possible that in the next, what, 5,000 years, that enough progress will be made
in physics to show that what the ancient Terrans (circa 2000) thought was
impossible might become possible? Perhaps in 3-D space and Einsteinian Physics
FTL drives are impossible, but in 6-D space and Baughmanian physics it is not?
I hereby put forward a theory for your consideration. There are actually six
dimensions and that there is a limit to how fast information can travel. This
limit is six parsecs per week. This limit shall be known for ever afterward as
the Speed of Rumor in a vacuum. I can show mathematically that nothing can
travel faster than Rumor. Of course, you probably won't understand the math...
;+))))
Semi-seriously, though, our knowledge of things scientific is progressing
constantly, so why assume we currently know all there is to know about physics?
Aren't there things we know now that were once proved impossible? Isn't it
just possible that the things we KNOW now will be disproved in the future?
Please allow me time to engage my Black Globe before you reply. ;+)
Unka
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Disclaimer: This is me. Do I sound like anyone else?
Paul Baughman [email removed]