Burkhard Heim



> Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip
> IAN JOHNSTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT
>
> AN EXTRAORDINARY "hyperspace" engine that could make interstellar
> space travel a reality by flying into other dimensions is being
> investigated by the United States government.
>
> The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is
> based on a controversial theory about the fabric of the universe,
> could potentially allow a spacecraft to travel to Mars in three hours
> and journey to a star 11 light years away in just 80 days, according
> to a report in today's New Scientist magazine.
>
> http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=16902006

The content of the article is obviously bogus
but Burkhard Heim was and Jochem Haeuser is a real
person.

There is a wiki page on Heim:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Heim
which has 'neutrality' question flags on it.

Then there is this article:
http://www.hpcc-space.de/publications/documents/aiaa2004-3700-a4.pdf
which has the trappings of legitimacy but seems
bogus too. Which then calls into question the seriousness
of the "American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics".

I'd never heard of Heim before.
Sounds like he was actually a crackpot.
Anybody else know anything?

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rb


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