M.J. Rose

Advanced propulsion and real warp drives — Star Trek tech becomes reality?

Faster Than the Speed of Light?

(Michael Stravato for The New York Times) Harold G. White, a NASA physicist, is working on the concept of warp drive, like on “Star Trek.” Some of the original series’ ideas fit into the new warp field theories, like the round shape of the engines in the rendering.

By DANNY HAKIM

HOUSTON — Beyond the security gate at the Johnson Space Center’s 1960s-era campus here, inside a two-story glass and concrete building with winding corridors, there is a floating laboratory.

“Harold G. White, a physicist and advanced propulsion engineer at NASA, beckoned toward a table full of equipment there on a recent afternoon: a laser, a camera, some small mirrors, a ring made of ceramic capacitors and a few other objects…”

For the complete article click here to go to the NY Times.

We love the Voynich manuscript mystery so much that we cannot resist posting about it again this month!

This is a very detailed and well done documentary from National Geo about the mysterious Voynich manuscript – a beautiful handmade book that continues to befuddle all experts who attempt to understand it. What IS known is that the manuscript is not a forgery — it is very old. It was also created using the very best parchment and paints possible at the time.

Someone was highly motivated to create this book. But why?

 The Book That Can’t Be Read