Apparently, some years back, there was a rumor about a Star Trek fan who was trying to build an antigravity device and even claimed to have completed it. I was just curious if anyone else had heard the rumor and if anyone knows of any scientific research into machines or devices that might be able to disrupt or produce gravitational fields.
2006-08-15 16:31:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
So far its never been done, even though several patents have actually been awarded for so-called anit-gravity devices. One scientist named Yevgeny Podkletnov has claimed have to created one but so far no one has been able to reproduce his results. Boeing is apparently researching it though:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2157975.stm
2006-08-15 16:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rare earth magnets have the power to levitate surprisingly heavy objects. A single magnet can lift or repel with a force of 50 pounds, so a board with six magnets? 300 pounds.
Hovercraft is cool, using a large fan to hover across a smooth water surface or dry land.
But using an anti-gravitational field? Nope. We're not there yet.
2006-08-15 17:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Polymath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember reading something about a scientist that theorized surrounding and object with some sort of dark energy so intense that it will counter, maybe even reverses the force that gravity puts on it. But then again, there are tons of other theories floating out there, most of them have yet to be tested. Who knows, maybe we'll find one that works.
2006-08-15 18:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by kermit_401 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fast answer isn't any. NASA isn't actively engaged on an anti-gravity spaceship. despite the fact that, there is various pastime in area elevators, one in all those tube that hangs from a satellite tv for pc to earth. human beings and load could then experience interior this tube into area then. concept ability that it extremely is possible technologies as quickly as we can advance the easy-weight yet reliable supplies to make up the "elevator". Carbon nanotubes are being heavily regarded at for this technologies. stay tuned.
2016-12-17 11:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing. The only way to get weighlessness is to go to space and orbit around the earth
2006-08-15 17:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scientists have been known to make such a devise, and successfully floated a sumo wrestler. I forget exactly how it works but it has something to do with water and how if you have something that contains water, they can lift you up.
2006-08-15 16:38:16 · answer #6 · answered by onedetach 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not heard of.
But super-conductor... at absolute zero... Maybe it is possible.
2006-08-15 16:37:39 · answer #7 · answered by Hugo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..
No such thing
2006-08-15 16:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋