Some documents on Space travel, Interstellar travel, and "Faster Than Light"
Although some of it is just hypothetical or even speculative, most documents just try to explore new possibilities,
or describe serious studies. So, most is pretty serious, but some are really very speculative.
As always, I suggest we keep an "open mind". So here are some catagories of new types of
space travel / propulsion techniques, whether they are speculative or not.
The material collected here, might even serve as a start for an intriguing subject
for a school project of a kid.
1. My own very simple notes:
2. The Alcubierre drive:
The Alcubierre drive (discovery.com)
The Alcubierre drive (wikipedia)
The Alcubierre drive (astronomy.nmsu.edu) (ppt)
The Alcubierre drive (universetoday.com)
The Alcubierre drive (daviddarling.info)
emulation of the Alcubierre drive (nextbigfuture.com)
3. Anti-matter propulsion:
antimatter propulsion and storage
Lowered power antimatter craft (Nasa)
Scientists examine using antimatter and fusion to propel future spacecraft (Nasa)
antimatter propulsion (daviddarling.info)
4. Busard Ramjet:
www.bisbos.com
wikipedia.org
h2g2.com
5. Project Daedalus / Icarus:
wikipedia.org
Gallery of Daedalus on "icarusinterstellar.org"
thevelvetrocket.com
bis-space.com
6. Sailing through space:
science.nasa.gov
apod.nasa.gov
itsf.org
The remarkable Diode Sail spacecraft (daviddarling.info)
The remarkable Differential Sail spacecraft (daviddarling.info)
The remarkable Induction Sail spacecraft (daviddarling.info)
7. ION thrust / Impulse / Plasma:
jet propulsion laboratory (jpl)
nmp.nasa.gov
physorg.com
Hop on board one of these
VASIMR plasma (1)
VASIMR plasma (2)
Plasma (wikipedia)
Ion thruster (wikipedia)
8. Vacuum energy / Quantum fluctuations :
Propulsion from the Quantum Vacuum?
Thrusting Against the Quantum Vacuum
A Gedanken spacecraft that operates using the quantum vacuum
Can the Vacuum be Engineered for Spaceflight applications?
DARPA Tries to Tap Elusive Casimir Effect
Von Braun Symposium 2009 (including zpe propulsion)
A magneto-electric quantum wheel (arxiv.org)
9. Wormholes:
FTL Assessment: wormholes, Alcubierre, warp etc.. (pdf)
FTL overview on wormholes (ppt)
wormhole (daviddarling.info)
vis.uni-stuttgart.de (visualizing wormhole)
What is a Wormhole? (wikipedia)
What is a Wormhole? (factoidz.com)
How time travel works (with wormhole)
10. Dark Energy / Dark Matter surfing:
Vortex Formation in the Wake of Dark Matter Propulsion
Dark Matter rocket (1)
Dark Matter rocket (2)
Dark Matter as a Possible New Energy Source for Future Rocket Technology
11. Several overviews of propulsion systems/mechanisms ( > c and < c ):
advanced propulsion concepts (daviddarling.info)
Ideas based on what we know (Nasa)
FTL overview on many possible propulsion concepts (pdf)
Spacetime physics and Advanced Propulsion Concepts (pdf)
Putting the ‘Warp’ into Warp Drive
Short overview on "Antimatter, fusion and light sails" (physorg.com)
Elaborate Overview on thrusters, magnetic nozzles, plasma engines (1) (pdf)
Another nice overview (1)
Another nice overview (2)
Another nice overview (3)
Another nice overview (4)
12. Several more Advanced overviews of propulsion systems/mechanisms ( > c and < c ):
arxiv.org
lpi.usra.edu
13. Some articles on "Closed timelike Curve" :
A theoretical phenomenon, which could exist, but on which most scientists are very doubtfull.
Closed timelike Curve (1) (usp.nus.edu.sg)
Closed timelike Curve (2) (www.physik.uni-ulm.de)
Closed timelike Curve (3) (wikipedia)
Closed timelike Curve (4) (physics.about.com)
Closed timelike Curve (5) (www.pitt.edu)
14. Superluminal signalling :
Some recent theoretical studies claim that FTL signalling does not conflict with Relativity and Causality.
Faster-than-c signals, special relativity, and causality
Last update: 28 Januari, 2012
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