Reply #10: This has been reported in other sources previously.

[Occulus]

This article appeared previously in the Scotsman, IIRC, as well as New Scientist.

A couple points:

Heim's theory never got wide recognition because it was originally published (and then forgotten) in German, not English, and for decades wasn't even known among even the best physicists. For all intents and purposes, as far as I've been able to ascertain, this is a "new" theory to the West.

Heim's theory also apparently does not violate any of the known laws of physics; as I understand the theory, the inertial mass of the object is unaffected by accelerative forces under the proposed propulsion. I can't explain why; there are a couple papers out there summarizing the theory, and the math is WELL beyond me.

I'm always very interested in any new form of propulsion technology; given we know so very little about gravity and electromagnetism- for all that we daily USE those forces- this definitely requires more thought.

Keep in mind, though, that Pravda got this from other sources. This is not first coming from them.

There was a thread about this exact article in the Science forum a couple weeks ago.