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From: Greg Sandow <GSANDOW@prodigy.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 10:47:50 -0500
Fwd Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 05:56:00 -0500
Subject: Faster Than Light Travel

Regarding the talk here about science, speculation, and faster than
light travel...

Yesterday, breezing through a magazine at a large newsstand, I skimmed a
piece about research into FTL travel at, hold your breath, NASA and the
prestigious Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Research might be too strong a term. But interest there certainly was,
according to the piece, along with conferences of scientists and
engineers interested in getting beyond simple rocket propulsion for
space travel.

I'm at fault here for not buying the magazine, or taking notes. But this
wasn't tabloid journalism. The magazine was one I hadn't seen, on the
subject of space travel, but scientific. Names were named; scientists
were quoted.

There was also reference to articles in physics journals. If I'm to
believe this piece, a number of physicists actually believe faster than
light travel is possible. I'd heard something of the sort from David
Pritchard, a couple of years ago (he, of course, being the MIT physicist
who's interested in abductions). He told me that the SETI position on
interstellar travel was not necessarily representative of mainstream
science any more. At the very least, there were serious challenges to
this.

Now that I've put my foor in my mouth, I'll try to get back to that
newstand and buy the magazine, to post details. But does anyone else
know anything about this?

Greg Sandow

I want to repeat...I've read pieces like this before, that were nothing
but blue-sky woo-woo. This seemed much different.