Two Scientists Are Building a Real Star Trek 'Impulse Engine'
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День томуSpace may be the final frontier, but we can't go far on rocket fuel. Now, two scientists are working on a device that may one day make the "impulse engine" from Star Trek real.
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@yourdeadfeet 2 роки тому
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”
@andrewmaperson 2 роки тому
yes
@jaymac7203 2 роки тому
Ricky Gervais to Karl Pilkington. Lool 😂
@eventfulnonsense 2 роки тому
A beautiful quote ♥️
@PaulTheSkeptic 2 роки тому
That's a beautiful quote but you never gave anyone credit for it. Is it anonymous? Is it you?
@tisrettamton153 2 роки тому
@@PaulTheSkeptic Greek Proverb
@MrFlexNC 2 роки тому
I have a soft spot for old scientists devoting their lives to one particular question
@solver55 2 роки тому
🤣rick
@Qwerty-qy9oj 2 роки тому
Wabalabadubdub
@shaun906 2 роки тому
pickle Rick...🥒 actually it reminds me of SABRE and skylon in the uk
@willymakeit5172 2 роки тому
Don’t know about these other replies, but I’m in your corner.
@justkiddin1980 2 роки тому
It also can be a problem if it turns out the science is bust...
@johnhiggs5932 2 роки тому
Real science happens at the edge and it requires a person bold enough to risk being wrong. No matter the outcome, I applaud these daring people!
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
This will go no where. This is just a scam for funding. That could have been spent on better things.
@Pelletajuton1 2 роки тому
@@Piddlefoots Could you explain? Frontier science is always difficult to justify before the effects of a possible discovery are understood.. If the theory would turn out true, it could probably be applied to a huge variety of other fields than space travel, even though efficient space travel itself could result in moving some of our destructive behaviors off the planet we're currently destroying.. i myself don't really believe that this kind of inertial drive would be made to work, but i've been wrong before, and would like nothing more than to be proven wrong about something like this. My belief that it wouldn't work is nothing more than a belief, neither is yours. Even if you tried this same thing and didn't get it to work, it only proves that YOU didn't get it to work, not that it's impossible.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
@@Pelletajuton1 In short, it requires negative energy densities, which can't be strictly disproven but are probably unrealistic; the total amount of energy is likely to be equivalent to the mass-energy of an astrophysical body; like EARTH, the ENTIRE Earth, burnt as fuel, following, and the gravitational fields produced would likely rip any ship to shreds. Sean Carrol's estimate of the likelihood we will ever be able to build a "warp drive" is much less than 1%. And the chances it will happen in the next hundred years I would put at less than 0.01%. But they are very pretty pictures! Would look great in a movie.
@belken117 2 роки тому
Absolutely well said!
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
@@Pelletajuton1 Some of us in the real world have a scientific degree, and we know how hard real science can be, and the limits of the laws of physics are not something we can just break willy nilly with sci fi fantasy, like negative energy, in our world, we REQUIRE real testable evidence to confirm such facts......Less it not be a fact........Following ?
@clanpsi 2 роки тому
Even if it turns out to not work, I'm still really proud that there people like these guys who are pushing the boundaries. True pioneers.
@dingdong2103 2 роки тому
What's interesting is that many times scientists draw inspiration from science fiction and actually manage to make it work. It's like fiction predicts the future. We should all start to write about amazing things in the hope of making them true one day :)
@michaelarnold1672 Рік тому
The works of this man & men will live on for 1,000's of years as people cook off of Woodward's Recipe's ,
@kathleenmann7311 Рік тому
Imagination is just as important as knowledge.
@ianp3112 Рік тому
@@kathleenmann7311 only if you can differentiate between fact and fiction, fantasy vs reality!
@ianp3112 Рік тому
So in your view, scam artists are pioneers just because you wish it so!
@LukePuplett 2 роки тому
I need to pull that quote out by Mike McDonald, "Science isn't a tool that gets dirtied by use" because that's just as important in business as it is in theoretical physics.
@PHlophe 2 роки тому
When i read that, i just went " Whew ! Chile, you took me out ".
@FBandSpin 2 роки тому
It’s a great, truthful liner! Applicable is so many fields. I loved everything he said.
@gregorygolando 2 роки тому
But scientists do.
@tonysamaniego7875 2 роки тому
Not sure about that...in business you have to be conscious of costs, so you can’t just experiment away with every idea. It might not get dirty but it sure gets expensive.
@dakinmaher4522 2 роки тому
Agreed
@Ohmriginal722 2 роки тому
I hope this 79 year old at least gets to see his idea tested in space. If it gets debunked like the EM drive, and I expect it will, so be it, but often science is all about finding 99 ideas that won't work before you find 1 idea that does, but those 99 ideas still taught you something, and I hope this teaches us something as well.
@gracialonignasiver6302 2 роки тому
I doubt it will work, but I really hope he gets to see his idea tested in space.
@cedriceric9730 2 роки тому
@@gorgthesalty and engineers have found that it could even be used to create enough negative matter for a wormhole By disconnecting a body completely from inertia the body's electrons act as negative matter You don't even need that much mass to begin with due to some wierd quantum effect That mass can hold a wormhole throat open as long as you can maintain it! That's even better than a warp drive since Even at Mach 10 of light it still takes too much time on a cosmological scale to reach bodies of interest
@OktavianiFriska 2 роки тому
Agree, this is what we should learn on school. Even we learn about theory, they should push us to make another theory or technology
@chrisbraid2907 2 роки тому
If it does work I hope that they can scale it to useful size …. We really won’t know until we try …
@TheBreezus 2 роки тому
@@chrisbraid2907 I share the same sentiment. We should try. We won't know until we try.
@greggwilliamson Рік тому
I love the researcher's attitude!! That is exactly the way Real Science is done. I don't know who said it (sorry), but I've heard it quoted, "Great discoveries are not always the experiments intended outcome. It's when the Scientist looks at the results and thinks, *that's odd*"
@schubertuk 4 місяці тому
I think that was the late, great Isaac Asimov: “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka! ' but 'That's funny…'” The quote says "that's funny" rather than odd, but meant as 'peculiar' rather than funny-ha-ha
@alanmalcheski8882 Місяць тому
well that makes me... a really great discovery, then. The best kind.
@peppeddu 2 роки тому
We built the International Space Station *specifically* to study these kind of things. Why not send a prototype over there and study it over a period of months and see if it actually works? I'm sure it's better than growing peppers, torturing insects or sending people to make movies.
@jamiemezs9891 2 роки тому
Because that would make sense and you know the politicians would never go for it.
@MrFujinko 2 роки тому
Almost all of the science made in the ISS could have been done in specialized satellites for a fraction of the cost. The ISS existence is largely political. And it has been an absolute success in this regard. Regarding science, it effects are net negative. The biggest cost is to maintain humans alive in space. As many experiments do not need humans per se, they could have been realized in crafts not human rated.
@edwardj.coxjr.3031 2 роки тому
NRL and NASA get this going ASAP!
@jessepollard7132 2 роки тому
but much less profitable than the movies.
@tapewerm6716 2 місяці тому
@@MrFujinko How has it been an absolute success when the U.S. and NATO are engaged in a proxy war with Russia?
@Zorlof 2 роки тому
Never mind the drive, this 79 year old man is the treasure.
@OktavianiFriska 2 роки тому
Agree, what if his brain and Einstein brain is communicating on giant vial and talking about gravity and stuff, we already on the space like on jupiter or even several lightyears
@ForgeMasterXXL 2 роки тому
Total agree and his dedication, even if it does not work is amazing.
@steady3459 2 роки тому
COMMON WE HAVE ZERO POINT ENERGY THE CABAL ARE HORDING !
@pjm760 2 роки тому
And his speech is made of gold
@igkslife 2 роки тому
The drive is possible, and will work.
@business 2 роки тому
"I'm 79-years-old. I don't know how long I'm going to live. Maybe I'll see something in space, maybe I won't. If I live longer than that, I'm pretty sure I will see something in space. Science fiction will be vindicated as transformed into science fact in that regard." - Professor Jim Woodward To learn more about the MEGA Drive concept, read the white paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/269207998_Theory_of_a_Mach_Effect_Thruster_I
@polychoron 2 роки тому
Best of luck, Jim. Live long & prosper.
@pedoboybear3792 2 роки тому
Do everything to bring your body outside of the planet earth to see the reality beyond your body vs the Spirit/Consciousness if they separated by Death and no hades can restrained on you after you escaped on to god's curse within this planet I try hard to Discover the God's truth but ended up in the Devils traps same like Judas failed on its own and don't succeeded until the right time.
@nixl3518 2 роки тому
@Fun With Minerals what does "cor" mean?
@nixl3518 2 роки тому
@Fun With Minerals he obviously has some health issues.
@nixl3518 2 роки тому
@Fun With Minerals I don't really understand your comment. Nobody here is discussing the aging process or what happens when you're over 30. This man does not look like a man of 79 but a man with severe health issues that make him appear to be over 100 years old! You obviously have no experience with older people to make a comment of this kind.
@MichaelGalt 2 роки тому
I love seeing old scientists like that still working and trying to and making significant contributions. It's too bad he probably won't see it make it to the real-world application phase... but hopefully he has children/grandchildren who will.
@warrencurtis7442 2 роки тому
Hopefully he'll get some credit.
@baogiangtran1647 Рік тому
I felt the same
@alanmalcheski8882 Місяць тому
you must be saying that because you're not clear on what they're saying or how it works. I believe that if you were, you'd know that it's entirely possible and there's no reason that it shouldn't have been done already, and probably was. Piezo is a technology that was used in "fake" spaceships 80 years ago. Sure it had bigger crystals but it's piezo. You wanna know how a substance can change mass? the Higgs field, it exists. Not a secret if you study, just one of those things nobody will admit publicly.
@alanmalcheski8882 Місяць тому
... and I said Field, not particle. Big difference. If you won't take the time to look into quantum physics, the power of the universe will never be revealed to you. money.
@oeliamoya9796 3 дні тому
When I see these old scientists dedicating their entire life to one topic of research, I wish these great men had longer lifespans to keep pushing the limits of our knowledge
@Ash-yh5yn 2 роки тому
"Gee guys, I'm really sorry. You know, it wasn't real after all." The fact that he's willing to own up to being wrong if he's proven wrong makes me adore this guy. I hope this works out for him :)
@rogerjamespaul5528 2 роки тому
Obviously not a Trumpian.
@harrier331 2 роки тому
@MichaelKingsfordGray And neither is yours... how does that make him a hypocrite...
@bongo3997 2 роки тому
@@rogerjamespaul5528 whats a Trumpian?
@Ash-yh5yn 2 роки тому
@@harrier331 You know, my initials are actually A.S.H.
@mr.zafner8295 2 роки тому
You hope it works out for him? I hope it works out for all mankind
@CarlosMercadoINIGTDY 2 роки тому
These guys are real scientist. Sceptical to the core, as a scientist should always be.
@leaguemastergg3647 2 роки тому
though I wonder if this will be another 3x+1 rabbit hole that isn't provable or disprovable
@dijasom 2 роки тому
He's looking for the resonant frequency of gravity, he just doesn't seem to understand that yet. When you use sound, to vibrate Crystal to shattering, that is a runaway resonant chain reaction. The same can be done with pretty much any material, just the effect is different. For instance, in a liquid, it would create a wave, that would then come back, and be propelled again away, etc, etc. Do this right, and you have propulsion. Gravity is everywhere, so it would be really, really hard to find it, as its hard to make something, prefer a direction, when all directions oppose the system. Think of gravity as water, though we have no idea, where the shore is for testing what its like without it. What he's doing, can't be disproven, as he is right... though, his instrument, isn't likely built correctly, and that particular instrument, could be disproven. It would go a much farther way, for him to prove, he could create a Water based "Thruster" with no "moving" parts, rather than gravity... as that is orders of magnitude harder, as its Far, less viscous.
@imengaginginclown-to-clown9363 2 роки тому
@@leaguemastergg3647 It is unknown if the Collatz conjecture is independent of ZFC.
@Antebios 2 роки тому
@@leaguemastergg3647 Ah, I see you're a Veritasium person as well.
@zyansheep 2 роки тому
@@leaguemastergg3647 It's a different kind of provable / disprovable. With math, we invent the framework, the rules for how it works. With physics we are testing things out to see if our models are accurate or not.
@timmo971 9 місяців тому
I found it interesting that whoever built the graphic of the boat rowing @3:55 doesn’t even know which direction a rowing boat goes.
@2019inuyasha 2 дні тому
normally the person rowing moves backwards. there is a system that can installed that changes the normal paddling direction to move you forwards however.
@goldiz1978 2 роки тому
It would be interesting to see something like this tested in zero gravity.
@fancyIOP 2 роки тому
Jim should be relaxing at home at his age but he doesn’t wanna let his knowledge relax and die out. Big ups to the old people who are still active to make a change.🙌🏿👊🏿
@esecallum 2 роки тому
MOST PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 25 ARE DISMISSED AS TOO OLD.
@fancyIOP 2 роки тому
@@esecallum haha I hear you but you can see that Jim still has a mind of a 20yr old… he doesn’t wanna give up, he loves what he’s doing. So I guess it’s the drive within that keeps us going and he has a lot of it.
@esecallum 2 роки тому
@Peter Evans with people like YOU we would still be in the caves.
@phildavenport4150 2 роки тому
@@esecallum And this is relevant to the topic - how?
@fancyIOP 2 роки тому
@Peter Evans indeed buddy, indeed.
@taithai8726 2 роки тому
This level of devotion is just insane. Much respect!!
@thewealthand_health 2 роки тому
You have to be insane to comprehend the science 🧪 🔬⚙️
@OktavianiFriska 2 роки тому
@@thewealthand_health LeL, like what Einstein say
@chrishayes5755 2 роки тому
can tell all that studying and working the the laboratory took a hard toll on his health and body. guy deserves a lot of respect for his sacrifices, even if his devices never ends up working to the extent he wanted.
@Ottee2 2 роки тому
@@chrishayes5755 , I hope he lives to see his theory vindicated by proof.
@ClaytonBigsby01 2 роки тому
@@chrishayes5755 working on a passion project fully funded at a university took a toll on his health and body 😅 lol don't make me laugh kid
@nemy_z1989 2 роки тому
It's so amaze me that the old scientist are able to study and devoting this engine better than young gen today.
@RyanFranny-xb4uq Місяць тому
Young gen is worried about gender studies and inclusion
@ravd8082 Рік тому
great to see these scientist still have the motivation to create this concept
@JP13795 2 роки тому
The theoretical physics side of these ideas aren't always wrong, its the ability to engineer the equipment that can actually do it.
@michac3796 2 роки тому
New times, new materials, new possibilities, new Ideas, new possibilities, new materials, new times.
@BerryTheBnnuy 2 роки тому
Dude, this isn't a theory, it's not a part of theoretical physics. 5:24 How do piezoelectric crystals change their mass? This is literally not an observed behavior piezoelectric crystals have. The only sense in which "the ability to engineer equipment that can actually do it" is even remotely correct is in that if something is impossible, it is necessary that no one has the ability to engineer equipment that can actually do it.
@VSci_ 2 роки тому
@@BerryTheBnnuy The total mass of objects do change due to their motion. He is saying the relativistic mass of the crystals increases then they turn it off and keep the forward momentum. Im not sure about this idea I have to think about it more
@_____J______ 2 роки тому
yeah yeah yeah, but you got to push theory further, if you will stomp the ground in one place -- you wont progress
@eventhisidistaken 2 роки тому
@@BerryTheBnnuy They do change mass - they gain relativistic mass during acceleration. Relativistic mass is established and uncontroversial science. Conceptually, this is easy to understand. You use a current to cause momentary acceleration of the crystal, and during that time, the total mass increases due to the relativistic aspect. You push that system while it momentarily weighs slightly more, and then the acceleration/deceleration stops, and you pull the system, which now weighs slightly less. The net effect is the acceleration of the the thing doing the pushing and pulling - the spacecraft.
@thastayapongsak4422 2 роки тому
Well you're a scientist. You're supposed to explore hypothesis, not turn down things just because the consensus is "this can't work".
@nolimit3281 2 роки тому
You've got to understand that they cant possibly test all the wonky ideas people come up with, some may be so laughable they are akin to wasting time because none of the concepts of the device make any sense and the creator doesn't seem to understand the physics behind the device either
@paulus121212 2 роки тому
he is young all scientific breakthroughs have allways been done by older ppl as they think outside the box the young like to stick by the book
@krashdown5814 2 роки тому
@@paulus121212 Tesla wasn't old, such a shame his research is held by the USA.
@cedriceric9730 2 роки тому
@@nolimit3281 testing this is extremely low cost! They can do this test with 1% the cost of buying coffee for the baboons at ITER What the heck could you be complaning about
@meleardil 2 роки тому
There are MANY things which work fine on paper, but in reality they dont. Not because of the "idea" behind it is wrong, but because the complexity of reality thwarts it, or the actual result is so minuscule that no practical use is possible. This seems to be the same to me. The key is the "change in mass" principle. How big is that? Also, is there ANY other effect countering it? It must be proved that there is NO possible "external" source of inertia. So, the "engine" can REALLY move on its own. The experiment is not built to prove that, which I see as a problem. The PRINCIPLE must be proven first, and THAN you can work on the most practical use of it.
@arinallen Рік тому
It's a great idea, how in general, an impulse drive might work. It does make sense. It is interesting that inertia is the force in focus here. If those crystals can deliver this I would certainly like to know how they increase and decrease mass in that manner. Thank you for your inspiring work!
@mrvolcada5355 Рік тому
I was always taught that there is no such thing as a bad idea. The bad thing about ideas is a lack of them. Even if you think an idea is bad it may stimulate thought or provide a nugget for a newer and better idea.
@quigonbond 2 роки тому
I wish Professor Woodward a long life so that he may see fruition of his theory into applied science.
@Gabriel-um9hm 2 роки тому
it's fake
@earlmarshall6543 2 роки тому
@@Gabriel-um9hm how do you know? back in the 60's and 70's Cell Phone theory and technology was considered fake and the product of an over-exaggerated mind. Now today most everyone has one.
@poodtang2104 2 роки тому
Agreed.
@bigd5899 2 роки тому
@@Gabriel-um9hm i dont think nasa supports fake physicists
@arkvoodleofthesacredcrotch6060 2 роки тому
I get what you meant but I don't think this dude needs any wishes for a long life, he already has that. Now he needs wishes for a sudden breakthrough/development in his work
@DanyCesc83 2 роки тому
Mad respect to these scientist who’s worked on this his entire life, investing his own money! If they can make this work, the applications for use here on earth will be invaluable and then move to space use.
@DhrubajyotiRaja01 2 роки тому
Should Give Priority to an American Company for Industrial Use if It's made Practically Usable .....
@KWifler 2 роки тому
I can't help but draw a similarity between my quest to get a girlfriend and this old guy's quest.... Someday that old guy will be me, still trying to get a girlfriend...
@Ryan-eu3kp 2 роки тому
@@KWifler Don't dwell on it mate, it will happen. But if your not doing anything to make it happen then nothing will change
@RickMyBalls 2 роки тому
That research really took its toll - he's only 30!
@N1originalgazza 2 роки тому
It's amazing to see a man of that age still devote his life to solving an, almost, impossible equation!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
@nathanmoses1953 2 місяці тому
Which equation?
@N1originalgazza 2 місяці тому
@@nathanmoses1953 The "equation" to tap in the the gravitational potential of the universe, the MEGA drive.
@doncarlodivargas5497 2 роки тому
Jim: creating a machine to move at the speed of light Also Jim: walk incredible slowly
@Ryan_Christopher 2 роки тому
They said “0.4.” That’s just 40% of the Speed of Light, not 100% Light itself.
@doncarlodivargas5497 2 роки тому
@@Ryan_Christopher - ok, but that guy still walk pretty slow
@joshuadaly1295 2 роки тому
I like that this piece encouraged skepticism while also given the proponents of the mega drive a chance to make their case. I sincerely hope something amazing comes from this, but I appreciate that the scientists and engineers involved are willing to be proven wrong.
@brianwright9514 2 роки тому
Science can never be fully realized if the people researching are so married to their ideas that they'll ignore contradictory results.
@coralreef909 2 роки тому
Meanwhile there are extraterrestrial craft zipping along through our skies. What do they know that we have the inability to see. Our brain power has hit a roadblock.
@TheJimtanker 2 роки тому
@@coralreef909 I must have missed that on the news. Where have you seen that there are extraterrestrial craft zipping through our skies?
@thewizzard3150 2 роки тому
but are their detractors and competitors willing to have them proved right. I don't think so!
@WCM1945 2 роки тому
They still have a lot of explaining to do...
@arfyness 2 роки тому
"science isn't a tool that gets dirty by use" i love that
@coreyc47 2 роки тому
No but sometimes it's just dirty from the beginning! Not in this case though!
@ShifuCareaga 2 роки тому
It gets dirty from corruption and abuse
@gmork1090 2 роки тому
The scientific method. Not necessarily science itself as that can get sullied and perverted. The scientific method, however, can be utilized in all branches of knowledge.
@DrRusty5 2 роки тому
The history is littered with occasions where an incorrect understanding was accepted to the effect that to say otherwise was hearsay - for example Phlogiston Theory. Eventually scientists realised that the answer was oxidation but having held onto the existence of Phlogiston for so long it had the effect of actually holding back science. Scientists through history who have challenged the convention are inevitably dismissed and ignored - only for some to be proven they were on the right track years later (often after their death). The pursuit of scientific discoveries should not be inhibited by the bias of think we know how everything works.
@Ashallmusica Рік тому
I'm picturing this story as a movie in my head - a great scientist put his whole life to came with a logical idea for building a next generation vehicle for the coming future generation to leave earth as it won't last long for survival. I really admire such elder scientists 💙
@blueplanetoff Рік тому
Amazing work, you all who are working on this project, have my respect. I take my hat off to you. I can't wait to the results of the Cubesat test, cuz if it will be working, we are on our way to stars.
@survivalinthezombieapocaly2142 Рік тому
Sure. It's really super cool! Maybe, maybe.
@worldcomicsreview354 2 роки тому
"Captain's log: All the engines are down, but luckily we all got home by brushing our teeth"
@Djake3tooth 2 роки тому
This comment is underrated
@gmork1090 2 роки тому
@@Djake3tooth Nah, I rate this comment extremely top shelf.
@harrypothead4575 2 роки тому
Elaborate please?
@HoHhoch 2 роки тому
@@harrypothead4575 The crystals they're using are the same ones you can find in an electrical toothbrush.
@MIHMediaInc 2 роки тому
Albeit: impulse 😅
@ManicPandaz 2 роки тому
The hard question of science isn’t “what can I prove true?” real question is “what question am I going to devote my life to try and answer?”
@timokreuzer1820 2 роки тому
Sadly these days science is most often not about answering a question, but to get a publication claiming to answer one.
@disgruntledwookie369 2 роки тому
No, it's "how can I disprove this theory". Your comment is so typical of pseudo-science videos like this one. No surprise that the commenters don't understand the scientific method.
@TheRootedWord 2 роки тому
No. The hard question is that question you are most afraid to ask. Second hardest is that question you would immediately dismiss as silly.
@ManicPandaz 2 роки тому
@@disgruntledwookie369 Dude, what’s your problem? Try reading the comment again... Spending your life tying to answer “is this wrong?” is also asking a question. I specially juxtaposed”answer a question” with “prove. After all “proof” is only useful in math, baking and alcohol.
@ManicPandaz 2 роки тому
@@TheRootedWord I hear what you’re saying and I understand how hard those are but I tend to disagree. Mostly because I see spending 30 years of your life trying to answer a single question as harder than simply asking any question. What you spend 1/3 of your life doing is a hard question for everyone, science entirely aside.
@ComeonmenID10T 2 роки тому
When Einstein came up with theory of Relativity, most all called him Nuts too, yet it turns out he was absolutely right
@YouTubeH8sMe 2 роки тому
Actually, hes not right, but he advanced our understanding and our desire to understand better and more.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
Except his theories could be proven. This one they propose, never will. We need a sun, 10 times bigger than ours in a very small bottle to even come close to the energy levels needed to curve space-time fabric, THIS is what these dreamers ignore and fail to mention....... E=Mc² tells us there is absolutely no way around this energy density problem.....So they toss things like exotic matter and negative energy around, as a way to fool people.......
@dodgedemonsrtx 2 роки тому
@@Piddlefoots u don't know s hit
@mohit_hada Рік тому
These guys are pushing boundries of engineering!! Salute !
@owenlaprath4135 2 роки тому
This needs to be tested in a vacuum, because there are acoustic and aerodynamic effects with what they are doing, that have to be excluded first!
@kenrolt8072 2 роки тому
Agreed. The device uses piezoelectric transducers of the same type used in sonar. Testing in a vacuum would then avoid acoustic radiation pressure (a nonlinear effect) from the aluminum vibrating head.
@leoleony1 2 роки тому
I believe I saw some vacuum chambers in their lab and office. I didn't read the study, but I believe they've set up in one of those chambers.
@Gabriel-um9hm 2 роки тому
It's fake... It amazes me how they managed to con people into giving them money.
@regmigrant 2 роки тому
@@Gabriel-um9hm you seem very sure, where is your data coming from?
@ramirowendler 2 роки тому
Em drive flashbacks
@axem.8338 2 роки тому
9 days before Wright brothers flew their aircraft, there was an article in newspapers saying human flight is impossible.
@JackTheMurderer 2 роки тому
I still don't believe that humans will ever be able to fly.
@EleanorPeterson 2 роки тому
Newspapers? Journalists? Bah! It's always conveniently overlooked, but Sir George Cayley achieved man-carrying human flight in 1853, exactly fifty years before the Wright peeps got airborne under power (they credited Cayley for his aeronautical research data and original development work). Cayley's flight was in an unpowered aircraft because there were no suitable engines available at the time, but whoever was writing for that newspaper should definitely have Googled 'human flight's already been done' before going to print. 😁
@graham1034 2 роки тому
@@JackTheMurderer On Earth anyway. But in the clouds of Jupiter in a specially designed suit? Maybe one day.
@agentredbone1667 2 роки тому
Just like "getting the jab saves lives" One week later "you can still get covid and die and also die from the jab "...."oh and mask up, do as we say, and rights? What's that?"
@carlrodalegrado4104 2 роки тому
People even said no aircraft could fly over the Atlantic ocean
@odbo_One 2 роки тому
I wish I'm smart as these scientists, I would love to continue their research with them. Time is of the essence here.
@dantreadwell7421 2 роки тому
So the main issue that I have with the naming and how the video is put together is that Star Trek impulse engines are explicitly reaction drives. Specifically, they are torch drives, powered by fusion reactors.
@whiterottenrabbit 2 роки тому
1:25: Narrator: "Nasa is taking the idea seriously" Video: shows Comic Sans Me: **facepalm**
@mms09 2 роки тому
It wasn’t just me 😅😬🤦♀️
@imstupid880 2 роки тому
Beat me to it
@al424242 2 роки тому
I went to a lecture by a visiting Nobel prize winner and they used comic sans, must be some sort of joke.
@bluelpgamers8509 2 роки тому
@@al424242 I use comic sans out of spite
@o15523 2 роки тому
That's how you know it's the *real NASA*
@phxzedior6823 2 роки тому
i like to imagine that in a parrarel universe, Jim is actually the father of the golden era of mankind, where he already invented this many years ago, leading to the expansion of the human race onto the cosmos.
@BerryTheBnnuy 2 роки тому
I like to imagine that in a parallel universe, I don't have to deal with a constant deluge of pseudoscience from deranged, hyperenthusiastic neophiles.
@fatalsyn 2 роки тому
@@BerryTheBnnuy Is that... someone who's sexually attracted to the matrix series?
@kidyomu89 2 роки тому
in this universe, we'll have to wait and see
@Wise4HarvestTime Місяць тому
The satellite failed before the march principal could be tested. It was a real long shot, so how long might it be before anyone tries again. Maybe they could rebuild it and hitchhike on a starlink launch
@keagaming9837 2 роки тому
I wish these people success in the making and testing of this drive.
@marcobertoglio7729 2 роки тому
Beyond the fragility of old age, keeping the dream and not giving up... That is Star trek.
@passerby4507 2 роки тому
"Are we collectively smoking something?" -- Professor Jim Woodward 2021
@inlustrismedia 2 роки тому
I'll have what he's having.
@krashdown5814 2 роки тому
Tesla was smokin in his Tesla cage.
@dmacpher 2 роки тому
Canada checking in - yes
@arson8582 2 роки тому
Why yes. Yes we are.
@rogerjamespaul5528 2 роки тому
Elon is one of those collective smokers who discovered a way to think outside the box, by learning to control what he smoked instead of being controlled by what he smoked. I assume.
@giantclam1822 2 роки тому
Nuts.....until years later someone builds on the work. We went from horse and buggy to the moon in 130 years.
@robb4044 Рік тому
Very interesting. I hope his gadget works, and I hope somebody gets it working soon, not only so we can travel in space, but also so he can see that his idea was valid and that he was on the right track.
@jaredwsavage 2 роки тому
"Guys, we were wrong. We made a bad assumption based on sketchy data and wasted a lot of your money. We're sorry. " - No politician in human history
@Durzo1259 2 роки тому
Kinda like the over $2 trillion and thousands of lives America spent on Afghanistan, now right back where it started.
@seamon9732 2 роки тому
@@Durzo1259 Partially true, it was a BIG SUCCESS for the military industrial complex's corporate welfare scam.
@giin97 2 роки тому
@@seamon9732 hey, at least they employed a lot of people in the meantime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@user-tp5yb4hr4w 2 роки тому
Yeah most politicians would rather use the excuse of. I have investigated myself and found no wrongdoing.
@jaredwsavage 2 роки тому
@@user-tp5yb4hr4w That is genuinely the case here in Ireland!
@pauljmeyer1 2 роки тому
No matter what the result, the endeavour is marvellous.
@alext5497 2 роки тому
So long as you aren't the one funding it
@coreyc47 2 роки тому
Could the effect you're searching for be amplified if the vibration sources achieved resonance with the base they are mounted to as well as each other?? & by adjusting the frequency ever so slightly in front of & behind the resonant frequency I believe control of direction can be achieved as well! If fact you could stear the thing!
@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974 Рік тому
help 'em out Corey ... get together with such a project
@paddybm3245 8 днів тому
People who have the courage to dream have my utter respect
@dsdy1205 2 роки тому
Wow, didn't know Woodward was still working actively on this, mad respect honestly.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
ZERO Respect is what he deserves, he is in it for grant money, not to actually build a warp drive, learn the factual science, this is nothing more than a fantasy.......
@twixxtro Рік тому
Hope he still is hope hes sucessful🙏
@dlperk5035 Рік тому
What do you mean by "mad respect"? Do you even know what it means...
@dsdy1205 Рік тому
@@dlperk5035 It means I greatly respect him. That's it.
@god4943 Рік тому
@@dlperk5035 lol what?
@lordnk3698 2 роки тому
if we ever build a first starship ... we gotta to name it after Jim Woodward
@saxmidiman 2 роки тому
Could the first Interstellar Starship be a "Woodie"?🤣🙄😎
@garypeatling7927 2 роки тому
Jim enterprise
@calebclunie4001 2 роки тому
I'm definitely distantly related to Mr. Fearn, but yes Jim Woodward deserves the credit.
@MrJdsenior 2 роки тому
@@saxmidiman Just couldn't let it go, could ya? Funny, though, in a pedestrian sort of way. :-) Thumbed.
@NicholasNerios 2 дні тому
Imagine the possibilities of tapping gravitational waves. Wow. Hopefully a prototype could be tested either on the iss or the up coming moon base. I'd like to see some low gravity, and zero atmosphere experiments...
@jean-jacquesferry3814 8 місяців тому
Science doesn't break magic, it reveals it.Thanks Jim for this shared pleasure 🤙🙂
@garrithsmith799 2 роки тому
All that dedication wont go unnoticed. One day this research could be a catalyst for the next step into space travel. Very impressive!
@JosephDavies 2 роки тому
It may also prove to be a dead-end, but the information gained is still valuable.
@smking100 2 роки тому
The university moved Jim to a quiet corner rather than fire him, just in case his idea has merit. I mean, he got a small grant from NASA, and money is money.
@fancifulfilly 2 роки тому
Only he squandered most of his NIAC grant for that last project on new toys for his lab. There was a pittance left over to pay his "research team". Of course that panned out zero. I think this latest project he and Heidi are working on is new. I wonder if NASA would pony up again. If this Mach effect engine has a chance of happening, they need a team of engineers, not physicists. This is not really their field of expertise.
@scubaguy007 2 роки тому
It’s funny how education administrations respond to money.
@westnblu 2 роки тому
@@fancifulfilly I beg to differ. Physics is the driver of major engineering feats. Just sayin
@daos3300 2 роки тому
@@fancifulfilly they need to prove the theory first which certainly is a job for theoretical physicists. if they manage that they'll have an endless supply of engineers.
@brookestephen 2 роки тому
Speed is NOT the problem... avoiding collisions IS the problem. Even a speck of dust can go right through you and your ship, while a planet, star, comet or asteroid could be too big to avoid... cutting you and your ship into tiny pieces and a mushroom cloud. Forget speed - work on anti-collision and protection from energetic radiation.
@KorAllRBare Рік тому
I always imagined the Impulse drive being based on a rail Gun with a twist, The twist being the mass normally tethered to Earth is actually a collection of Modules briefly electromagnetically tied to repulse a given module with a reverse Pole to it, ergo thrusting it forward. So in a sense via flipping the electromagnetic Poles to several Modules, The main mass is shifted to accelerate one module that is flipped out of phase, Once Near to Light Speed is attained the entire set of modules electromagnetic Fields can be switched off. If you understand the above then an array could be utilised so that the entire Mass may be accelerated to any direction..
@nautilosad6024 2 роки тому
You have to love geeks. All they need is an idea, no matter how extreme, they'll find a way to make it happen if it inspires them.
@cedriceric9730 2 роки тому
Imagination is what sets us apart from animals Yes it's a geek superpower There is absolutely nothing naturally impossible if you give us geeks enough time
@OktavianiFriska 2 роки тому
Agree, just put us a lot of money and our idea would be next breakthrough innovation that maybe can beat Einstein
@nixl3518 2 роки тому
That's quite a statement there @@OktavianiFriska !!! Didn't anyone teach u humility when u were growing up, or is that one of u're geeky attributes that keeps u away from civilized society? Perhaps, judging from ur avatar, u still have a ways to go!
@leek6927 2 роки тому
nick are you saying that being smart/ a scientist makes you uncivilized?
@nixl3518 2 роки тому
@@leek6927 your logic escapes me!
@williamjames9515 2 роки тому
The difficult part is getting enough Dilithium Crystals.
@Visbalalam 2 роки тому
That's for warp drive, not impulse 😀
@Lennis01 2 роки тому
Impulse drives are powered my fusion reactors. Another handy thing to have if we could actually build it.
@Saint.questions 2 роки тому
Exactly
@MasterMayhem78 2 роки тому
@@Lennis01 Some have been built and actually work but only for a short time. The problem is containment of the plasma.
@gordonpeacman2126 2 роки тому
@@Lennis01 Fission ....
@roarkm.o.banjonjeffries3713 2 роки тому
I took a while guess before you showed the device corkscrewing through space-time. My guess was tight waves projected in front surfing those waves or pulling them through the machine and flattening out the back. Flattening the curve.
@lynnealuebben1967 8 днів тому
I listened to the young man from NASA speak about how that would be groundbreaking, but you could tell he did not think it was possible. However he is too young to remember just how far we have come, how almost every Star Trek idea has become real in our lifetimes.
@mr.stand_by6316 2 роки тому
So...its a vibrator, that moves itself in space? Fascinating. 😊
@ryanaiden 2 роки тому
Jim totally looks like he could be the great great grandfather of Jean-Luc Picard.
@geokon3 2 роки тому
If his idea works, he could become!!
@Dalicaruncho 2 роки тому
But the actual actor STILL playing Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart, is in fact older than him :)
@ryanaiden 2 роки тому
Still… in the timeline that would unravel I. ST, he would be the elder and Picard yet to be born.
@Dalicaruncho 2 роки тому
@@ryanaiden My brain hurts now…
@crewtheaftermath4105 Рік тому
..I kinda teared up when it moved :) Im 54 and think i want to dedicate the rest of my life to their research! and I dont even know anything about it. Id just bring the coffee every day and learn till i caught up but I think they are actually onto impulse engines like for real. This isgood science!
@Dragelf540 2 роки тому
They should test this in a zero-gravity environment. One factor that may be affecting the results of the experiment would be that they are being done in an environment with a great amount of gravity. What they are trying to do is affect space-time with gravity to generate potential energy to create a large amount of inertia that will be used to push the spaceship forward at high speed to reduce the time needed to reach other planets. What I don't get is if the device uses gravity, would testing the device in an area with a large amount of gravity cause the experiments to show negative results.
@welinder01 2 роки тому
I remember about a decade ago when Jim Woodward was trying to raise $60k to further refine the Mach drive concept. The same year Kim Kardashian earned $50 million. Everything wrong with our species in one single observation.
@wambamit344 2 роки тому
Lol
@mirroredvoid8394 2 роки тому
The US military budget is 700 billion dollars imagine if they recieved a fraction of their budget.
@mirroredvoid8394 2 роки тому
Wouldn't need a militay budget if you build a warp drive and move to another planet far far away.
@MrJdsenior 2 роки тому
@@mirroredvoid8394 Not really, I think you misunderstand human nature 101. Moving people somewhere else will only move wars somewhere else.
@PhillipAmthor 2 роки тому
What a cool man doing all by himself and even paying for it. This is how the ideal grandpa looks like you may not like it but this is how peak performance and being badass looks like.
@steady3459 2 роки тому
COMMON WE HAVE ZERO POINT ENERGY THE CABAL ARE HORDING !
@RickMyBalls 2 роки тому
What. What it looks like.
@dumitrulangham1721 Рік тому
If they can prove this works this will be greatest discovery since the light bulbs! If we are going to into deep space then need to explore seriously which technology could be considered for infant of interstellar travel!
@SteveWindsurf 4 дні тому
1) If E = m C^2, then an objects mass can be altered by it's equivalent energy, although the density (form) of mass/energy conversion is important to magnitude. 2) If that energy can be displaced (within a close system, so, without using particles), then mass will have apparently moved achieving momentum without inertia (breaking Issacs first law). 3) Suppose then, the objects are physically swapped (via particles), yielding a force, inertia could made to apply in one direction only. The effect is like cycling a space ships center of mass, front to back, using very different physics, such that it yields a net force in one direction. The big question is how is energy (preferably photons) converted to mass - How does energy concentrate to become subatomic particles? Perhaps I don't understand but then, breaking Newtons laws has me so easily confused. Nice to engage!
@nelsonvallin3535 2 роки тому
Amazing!!! To pursue one vision even though it's extremely unlikely to succeed or bring any immediate gains. Is a level resilience I wish to attain one day.
@neeneko 2 роки тому
careful what you wish for, it is the same mental trap that makes things like Nigerian scams work. People do not like being wrong, and once enough energy is sunk into something, no amount of facts will convince a person that they are wrong because they have invested their very sense of self in being right. People like woodward are not to be admired. They are not resilient, they have tied their idea to their identity and are trapped, for failing to believe in their idea is so psychotically devastating they will do anything to avoid it.
@nelsonvallin3535 2 роки тому
@@neeneko Only the crazy ones keep going when all the metrics and all the data is going against them. 99% of fail, only 1% are lucky enough to be right. Despite the odds. But the 1% are the ones that change our reality. Being an entrepreneur or scientist you have to be comfortable with the likelihood that you will not make it. But you want it so bad you will risk it all anyway.
@MrJdsenior 2 роки тому
@@neeneko "failing to believe in their idea is so psychotically devastating they will do anything to avoid it" Wow, you must have watched a different video than I did. From what I could see he is a guy that believes there may be some physical property of the universe that might be utilized for space ship drive. And he pointed out several times he definitely has his doubts...who wouldn't. And I think you maybe meant psychologically rather than psychotically devastating.
@neeneko 2 роки тому
@@MrJdsenior yep, psychologically. ah autocorrect on a small screen. It isn't just the video, it is having rubbernecked this guy for years now. He has long since been dismissed by domain experts but has a strong in the fringe crowd and from time to time hooks mainstream sources like this one,.. enough to keep him validated.
@vidalvasquez1123 2 роки тому
I like the fact that these scientist and engineers are very humble about it.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
Because they know its TOTAL BS..... But a grant for Billions would be nice........Mr tax payer.... ???
@blockhead1899 Рік тому
@@Piddlefoots As if the government cares about your pathetic excuse for tax payments
@Piddlefoots Рік тому
@@blockhead1899 Dude pay attention, you obviously cant read properly, the TAX is about YOU the tax payer, and corporations getting grants to do BS that will never go anywhere, are nothing but a tax rip off, corporations getting YOUR TAX MONEY for things they should not...... Get it now mate ? And if you think that's rubbish explain the Us military block mate...GAMEOVER your simply wrong...... 1/3 of US economy internal, is nothing other than Military corporations, all paid by TAX MONEY ya genius..... So YES governments absolutely DO CARE about tax payments, in both directions....... Inbound and outbound.
@jamesh8862 10 місяців тому
Irrespective of whether the Woodward effect turns out to be a dud or not, you have to admire the guy for putting a large part of his life into developing it. He found his purpose & that's something which sadly far too many people ever manage to come across.
@glennfryer1539 2 роки тому
Got to admire these guy, much respect for them ....
@daniellynn3240 2 роки тому
I love that even though he might not be around he's still trying to help out Humanity
@invertedxtrovert 2 роки тому
That’s how you get a wing of a University named after you.
@DJShadesUK 2 роки тому
Someone else posted this ancient Greek proverb, but its too apt not to repeat: "society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit"
@mrbacchus6127 2 роки тому
For a scientist like him there would be no greater lifetime achievement.
@Warrenwalker30 2 роки тому
They honestly need to bring in more people because when engineering something new there's one outlook or perception from each person if you bring an outsider in he can give a brand new perspective and ideas to the project that just might bring it to life
@MIHMediaInc 2 роки тому
With how science has been compartmentalised that's unlikely to happen.
@Warrenwalker30 2 роки тому
@@MIHMediaInc yep because your always ridiculed if your the one that comes up with the new theory or discovery until it's deeply proven correct ..but until then they call you crazy
@MIHMediaInc 2 роки тому
@@Warrenwalker30 right on
@fahimp3 2 роки тому
@@Warrenwalker30 But there is new tech that is always coming out... I don't think people dismiss this as much as the stereotype goes since they got a govt agency looking into it...
@lostgleammedia 2 роки тому
more Women brought into these things.. who knows what will be discovered with an even more brand new perspective
@tobiasboon4597 2 роки тому
What happens in interstellar space? There's less gravity further between spaces. At least until another stable gravity source occurs (another star?).
@craigg4246 Рік тому
Before you can ever go to the stars in a human lifetime, you will also need to develop star trek type navigational shields. You just cant go running in to interstellar dust at relativistic speeds
@Jezee213 2 роки тому
It's people like this that will move our world forward. I love this story.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
People like that just sap funding from much better science projects....... We need a sun, 10 times bigger than ours in a very small bottle to even come close to the energy levels needed to curve space-time fabric, THIS is what these dreamers ignore and fail to mention....... E=Mc² tells us there is absolutely no way around this energy density problem.....So they toss things like exotic matter and negative energy around, as a way to fool people.......
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
No they wont, they will do only ONE thing, drain your tax system of Billions for ZERO result, wake up, 50 years havent even been back to moon, you folks are just tripping to fall for this fantasy, get grounded in real science, not what BS theorists say, they dont do the experiments, go ask a CERN scientist about this, they will LAUGH at you and palm it off, yea theory doesnt always mean we can do it, will be there reply, there is a reason I know this......
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
Its people like this that will send our society broke, for nothing at all..... Wake up and get grounded in REAL SCIENCE, not this fantasy........
@dial8702 2 роки тому
True people, devoting their limited lives to improve and evolve humanity so that the future ones can live as long as the universe exists. Not looking for profit, looking for eternity in a history book. A big cheers to them.
@walterlyzohub8112 5 днів тому
Let me say several things. If universal gravitational waves throughout the universe is correct there is a possibility of riding them with the correct frequency. It’s possible to have a pink elephant. Find a true albino one and put it in the sun just long enough. Voila, pink sunburn.
@adambrian1969 11 місяців тому
I think that setting up this device on a superconductor sled in a vacuum powered wirelessly would be the ideal testing setup.
@tonyharford4625 2 роки тому
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. A C Clarke.
@MrJdsenior 2 роки тому
You do know he writes science FICTION, right? :-/ :-)
@tonyharford4625 2 роки тому
@@MrJdsenior Three things to consider here. (1) Yes he wrote science fiction (2) He is dead at the moment so doesn't write anything now. (3) Most importantly he invented the communications satellite so was probably quite qualified to comment on things scientific.
@siegfriedkleinmartins7816 2 роки тому
CORRECTION....Clarke wrote science speculation, because he was a science based writer as Asimov. The actual internet could not exist without the satelite comunication network. And he predicted both. Greetings from Brasil
@Miked1332 2 роки тому
This is why I believe we take 1% if the US military budget to fund wild ideas like this.
@cruss4612 2 роки тому
We already spend more than 1% of the defense budget on research. That's only 6 billion. The defense budget isn't even the largest expenditure by the federal government. Health and Human Services spends 51% of the budget by themselves. Maybe we should take 1% of that and reallocate it. That'll be about 14-20 billion.
@ArchangelChi 2 роки тому
They already spend WAY more than that, at DARPA and a plethora of black budget R&D projects
@davidowens9597 2 роки тому
Much of the military budget does fund cutting-edge research like this.
@circlebodo991 2 роки тому
@@davidowens9597 yeah but they wont tell ya. so its useless
@nathangamble125 Місяць тому
"but the megadrive, as it's known, is also a design that hinges on some pretty controversial physics" Blast processing!
@paulneilson6117 2 роки тому
Guys, in 1908 Minkowski predicted the photon has more momentum in a dielectric proportional to its index of refraction. This is demonstrated by experiments with lasers passing through dielectrics bouncing off mirrors. The photon drive aka the EMdrive exploits the fact that if you place a high index of refraction material at one end of a microwave cavity, more momentum is deposited on that end via radiation pressure than the metal only side. This imbalance of momentum in the closed system causes motion towards the dielectric end. Using superconductive metal for the cavity walls increases the efficiency.gravitate. Edit: why has this been blocked?
@edwinpd0sot503 2 роки тому
as soon as possible let that device hitch a ride up a soyuz and test it out in zero gravity. "make it so", respect to these men for following their dreams.
@Wolf88888 2 роки тому
It's not really an 'impulse engine' per 'Star Trek'; my understanding is that the impulse engines on starships in Star Trek were actually ion engines. This is more of a slow warp drive.
@JohnDlugosz 2 роки тому
IF the impulse engines used any kind of normal Newtonian reaction, there would not be enough fuel on board as it would necessarily outweigh the ship. In an _early_ novel (1970's) the author explained that it's "I.M. Pulse" which indeed sounds more like this video.
@Wolf88888 2 роки тому
@@JohnDlugosz I don't claim to know. I've been kind of a 'Trekkie' all my life, and my understanding has always been that the ion impulse engines were for relatively short, low-speed travel within a star system, while the warp engines were for true interstellar travel.
@alext5497 2 роки тому
There is nothing 'warpy' about this drive.
@ArchangelChi 2 роки тому
@@JohnDlugosz That's why they were equipped with hydrogen collectors to scoop hydrogen gas from open space to be available for the ion impulse engines and the secondary fusion reactors
@drpearso1 2 роки тому
Pure science at its best - multiple working hypotheses. You learn as you go.
@Piddlefoots 2 роки тому
Not really pure science mate, its all hypothetical and not based in reality of actual science....... Its a great shout out for funding though........ We need a sun, 10 times bigger than ours in a very small bottle to even come close to the energy levels needed to curve space-time fabric, THIS is what these dreamers ignore and fail to mention....... E=Mc² tells us there is absolutely no way around this energy density problem.....So they toss things like exotic matter and negative energy around, as a way to fool people.......
@davehamrick5028 Рік тому
Quack says the duck. Impulse drive in Star Trek was an ion drive. No new quackery needed
@PK-tt5kk 2 роки тому
It always inspires me when I see people at his age working in science.
@TalenGryphon 2 роки тому
Video: "It's called the Mega Drive" My brain: S E G A
@NoSuRReNDeR001 2 роки тому
I was thinking..."The Mega Drive, but Sega couldn't even get past Saturn" lol !
@guywithknife 2 роки тому
@@NoSuRReNDeR001 hahaha genius
@MiguelAngelLS 2 роки тому
@@NoSuRReNDeR001 but could cast dreams.
@jumpieva 2 роки тому
we need more guys like this. also why exactly is the smaller scale important?
@demilishing 2 роки тому
I hope Woodward is able to see his theory applied in space, with how much money they are spending on everything it seems like this would only be a small drop in the bucket to see a potentially revolutionary idea come to fruition.
@TheNefastor 2 роки тому
Here's the thing : we _want_ to believe it's possible to travel to distant starts, but the universe is under no obligation to allow it. There is always the possibility that interstellar travel is in fact impossible (at practical speeds). That's what bums me out the most. On the other hand, it also means we can never be invaded by space aliens...
@incription 2 роки тому
well, not really. What is a practical speed? You get a fusion drive with some insanely efficient ion thruster and accelerate to close the speed of light, time dilation starts taking effect and your relative speed has now increased beyond the speed of light - you can go anywhere in the universe in a second if you are fast enough, but you dont have to break the laws of physics. And aliens could totally invade us, maybe they started a million years ago
@dschledermann 2 роки тому
Yes, we definitely have to be most sceptical about the things we want to be true. Interstellar travel will never be a thing. At least not in the way it's portrayed in scifi. I find it plausible that civilisation (provided we don't exterminate ourselves within the next couple of centuries) eventually reach other stars and spread through the galaxy, but it will be a slow one way ticket.
@TexanUSMC8089 2 роки тому
@@incription There was a time when scientists said it was impossible to go faster than the speed of sound. A hundred years ago my Iphone would have been beyond comprehension. I admire people that aren't satisfied with the status quo.
@deusexaethera 2 роки тому
Interstellar travel is entirely feasible with current technology. The PROBLEM is that humans don't live long enough and also get bored too easily. We evolved on a ball of poop-covered-rock that a person could walk around at least once in their lifetime if they were well prepared and very dedicated, but that ball of poop-covered-rock is infinitesimally small compared to the universe, and our biology and psychology have not evolved any means of coping with it. Here's a fun fact: If Proxima Centauri were as close as the Moon is, the Moon would have to be 11.6 feet away -- close enough for you to bump your head on it if you climbed a ladder. That's how big the universe is.
@missingno2401 2 роки тому
@@deusexaethera if proxima centauri was as close as the moon is a lot of people would die
@yaps02 2 роки тому
The mega drive could be the genesis of a master system that could take us to Saturn, which was previously just a stuff we cast in dreams.
@saeedadam8397 2 роки тому
Bravo Sir, bravo!
@moduleheadindependentcreat8158 2 роки тому
Hehe
@SpeakHearSeeNoEvil 2 роки тому
Love it :)
@cedriceric9730 2 роки тому
Yes , its needing of no fuel mass will defeat the rocket equation tyrant
@jonathanadams6673 Рік тому
This man gives me faith in humanity. I wish I could work with him. He has half of the equation. I think I have the other half
@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974 Рік тому
get together and share your ideas
@SpeedyGwen 6 днів тому
now time to intrest a college that can make a mini satelite with this and send it to space and see in real situation how it works
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