The Repository

There is a lot of work in progress aimed at developing fundamentally new methods of space propulsion. Over time I have come to collect publications and technical papers that deal with the topic of interstellar travel. This section of my website contains links to a number of these publications. Where I have been given permission by the author, the paper itself is posted - in ither cases a link to contact the author is provided. The three main issues which need to be addressed to develop future flight system are (from NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program):

Discover new propulsion methods that eliminate or dramatically reduce the need for propellant. This implies discovering fundamentally new ways to create motion, presumably by manipulating gravity or inertia or by manipulating any other interactions between matter and spacetime.

Discover how to attain the ultimate achievable transit speeds to dramatically reduce travel times. This implies discovering a means to move a vehicle at or near the actual maximum speed limit for motion through space or through the modification of spacetime itself.

Discover fundamentally new on-board energy production methods to power propulsion devices. This third goal is included in the program since the first two goals could require breakthroughs in energy generation to power them and since the physics underlying the propulsion goals is closely linked to energy physics.

The following table lists all the publications sorted alphabetically by title. The Goal column identifies which of the three goals (identified by number) listed above is discussed by the author. The Group column identifies common themes / concepts between publications, e.g. Faster Than Light (FTL), Zero Point Fluctuations (ZPF), Wormholes, etc..

Title	Author	Date	Goal	Group
A Theory of Microwave Propulsion for Spacecraft	SPR Ltd Roger Shawyer	07/06/06	1	propellantless propulsion
An Ansatz On Hyper-Light Travel	AIAA P.A. Murad 33rd JPC	07/06/97	2	ZPF, FTL, GR, SR
Anomalous Weight Behavior in YBa₂Cu₃O₇ Compounds at Low Temperature	Frederic N. Rounds NASA Ames	05/30/1997	1	gravity shielding
Can a Hyperspace really exist?	E.J. Zampino NASA Lewis Research Center	08/1998	2	SR, negative mass, warp drive, ZPF
Can the Vacuum be Engineered for Spaceflight Applications?	H.E. Puthoff Institute for Advanced Studies Austin, TX	08/14/97	1,3	ZPF
Critical Problems for Interstellar Propulsion Physics	E.J. Zampino NASA Lewis Research Center	06/1998	1,2,3	SR, tachyons
Extracting electrical energy from the vacuum by cohesion of charged foliated conductors	Robert L. Forward Hughes Research Laboratory Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory	08/15/1984	3	ZPF
Field Distortion Theory	S. Dinowitz Physical Essays	1996	2	SR
Guidelines to Antigravity	R.L. Forward American Journal of Physics	03/1963	1,2	GR
Hyperspace	Michio Kaku Oxford University Press	1994	1,2,3	SR, GR, wormholes, quantum gravity
Inertia: Does Empty Space Put Up the Resistance?	Science Vol. 263	02/04/1994	1,2	ZPF, gravity control
Interstellar Propulsion Research: Realistic Possibilities and Idealistic Dreams ?	NASA MSFC Presentation	12/23/2009	1,2,2	summary overview
Inertia Reduction - and possibly Impulsion - by conditioning Electromagnetic Fields	AIAA 33rd JPC H.D. Froning, Jr. T.W. Barrett	07/06/1997	1,2	ZPF, inertia control, warp drive
Is Real-Time Communication Between Distant Civilizations in Space Possible? - A Call for Research	Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Vol. 50 D.E. Tarter	1997	2	SR, SETI, EPR
Mach's Principle and Impulse Engines: Toward a Viable Physics of Star Trek?	James F. Woodward California State University NASA BPPW	08/1997	1	Mach's Principle
Mass Modification Experiment Definition Study (An Air Force Report)	Robert L. Forward Journal of Scientific Exploration	08/1996	1	ZPF, inertia control
Michelson Morley on the Space Shuttle: A Possible Experiment to Test Dinowitz's Field Distortion Theory	Steven Dinowitz Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.	09/1997	2	SR
NASA explores space travel concepts	Charles A. Yost Electric Spacecraft Journal	03/11/1998	1,2,3	summary article
Negative Matter Propulsion	AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power R.L. Forward	01/1990	1, 3	negative matter, GR
New Frontiers in Space Propulsion Sciences	Science Direct Energy Conversion and Management 49 (2008) 436–452 Glen A Robertson, P.A. Murad, Eric Davis	12/2007	1,2,3	negative matter, ZPE, GR, worm holes, warp drive
The Replication of an Experiment which produced anomalous excess Energy	MSE Technology Applications, Inc. David S. Alexander	08/1997	3	unexplained energy sources
Space Warps: A Review of One Form of Propulsionless Transport	R.L. Forward Journal of the British Interplanetary Society	1989	1	Warp, GR, ZPF
Unbearable Lightness	Scientific American Vol.270 #5	May 1994	1,2	ZPF, gravity control
The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity	Miguel Alcubierre University of Wales	01/19/1994	1,2	warp drive, negative mass, GR
The Zero-Point Field and the NASA Challenge to Create the Space Drive	B.Haisch (Lockheed Martin), A.Rueda (Cal State Univ.)	08/12/1997	1,2	ZPF, gravity control, negative mass

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