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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Tears) Destinies, October-December 1979 edited by Jim Baen Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:55:25 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <vtmo4s$okj$1@reader1.panix.com> References: <vstv3n$ebn$1@panix2.panix.com> <vtmcn8$deq2$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:55:25 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="25235"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2841 Lines: 46 In article <vtmcn8$deq2$1@dont-email.me>, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote: >On 4/6/25 9:20 AM, James Nicoll wrote: >> Destinies, October-December 1979 (Destinies, volume 5) edited by Jim Baen >> >> Another foray into a short-lived Disco-era science fiction magazine. >> >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/memories-of-a-different-life > >Re: >"I’d mock SF readers of old for their Dean Drive enthusiasm except, as >the EmDrive nonsense showed, the belief that the universe can be tricked >into providing a free lunch is evergreen." > >In case you are unaware, a newer "contender" can be found by searching >on "charles buhler propellantless propulsion". > > From one article of many[1]: > >"... >As the EmDrive faded into scientific history, a new contender emerged, >led by Charles Buhler, a former NASA scientist. Buhler’s work at the >Kennedy Space Center’s Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory >laid the foundation for his current endeavors. Now, as a co-founder of >Exodus Propulsion Technologies, he claims to have developed a drive >powered by a “New Force” that operates outside the known laws of physics. > >This innovative drive is said to generate a sustainable force through >electric fields alone, allowing for center-of-mass translation without >the expulsion of mass. Such a discovery, if verified, would >fundamentally alter our understanding of physics and open up new >possibilities for propulsion technology. However, Buhler acknowledges >that independent verification is crucial to confirm these groundbreaking >claims. >..." > >Tony > >[1] >https://www.sustainability-times.com/in-depth/this-engineer-says-hes-found-a-way-this-anti-gravity-propulsion-system-could-rewrite-every-rule-of-physics-and-space-travel/ I had in fact completely missed that. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll