http://www.futurevigil.com modeling changes in science medicine and culture to create models of humankind's future on our planet Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.futurevigil.com/2009/11/scientists-developing-means-of-powering-starship/ http://www.futurevigil.com/2009/11/scientists-developing-means-of-powering-starship/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:22 +0000 Jeffrey Newman http://www.futurevigil.com/?p=522 Scientists are now conceiving of new ways to power space ships that will be powerful enough to take us to the nearest sun, 200 MILLION times the distance of our own sun. In August, New York University Physicist Jia Liu unveiled his concept for the design of a spacecraft powered by dark matter. Dark matter is thought to be made up of neutralinos, tiny particles without any electric charge. When they collide, they create enormous power.

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