US investigation into gravity weapons 'nonsense'

[n2doc]

13:19 19 December 2008 by David Robson

If you think the idea of gravitational waves propelling interplanetary spacecraft sounds like science fiction, you're in good company - any astrophysicist will rubbish the idea out of hand.

However, that didn't stop the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from commissioning a report to investigate whether the elusive waves could pose a threat to US security.

The JASON Defense Advisory Group were also asked to judge whether high-frequency gravitational waves could image the centre of the Earth, or be used for telecommunications.

Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time caused by the movement of an extremely large mass, such as a very dense star.

Yet even those from huge stellar events have been too weak to trip the most sensitive detectors. The best evidence is indirect, coming from observations of how superdense, binary neutron stars lose energy.

more:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16306-us-investigation-into-gravity-weapons-nonsense.html

[Orrex]

1. I'm glad that someone appreciates the gravity of these dangerous weapons

:rofl:

[n2doc]

2. I think the only large mass weapons out there are Rush Limbaugh and Rick Warren

:evilgrin:

[ret5hd]

3. I have heard it hypothesized that there is a black hole in *'s head...

So dense that no rational thought can escape.

[Esra Star]

4. The way this works is:-

There is this big bottomless money pit available for inventing shit and stuff.
So "scientists" who want in on the action, make up crazy concepts and then sell them to
dumbass politicians. (see "star wars" etc.)
Sometimes they get lucky and get a truck load.
Then they spend the money on spin showing why it didn't work. Maybe even if they had a bit more money and a bit more time they could crack space/time.
Rinse and repeat.

[caraher]

5. Another example

the Hafnium bomb (read "Imaginary Weapons" by Sharon Weinberger)