[u]Take a leap into hyperspace[/u]
New Scientist, 05 January 2006
If this happens, it would be possible to reach Mars in less than 3 hours and a star 11 light years away in only 80 days, Dröscher and Häuser say.
Fascinating article, if you’re into this sort of thing.
we’re still having trouble with hyperlinks here… 
Great reading! Thx, Mr. Luder.
djm
Burkhard Heim had a remarkable life. Born in 1925 in Potsdam, Germany, he decided at the age of 6 that he wanted to become a rocket scientist. He disguised his designs in code so that no one could discover his secret. And in the cellar of his parents’ house, he experimented with high explosives. But this was to lead to disaster.
Remarkable, indeed.
Tony
Excellent link, Slude 
fascinating! thanks!
Interesting. I’ve always thought that the only real chance we have to really do long-range manned spaceflight (Mars and certainly beyond the solar system) would require us to get lucky and discover something about nature that could be exploited to get us there faster. Absent those, I think that the biological and psychological issues are too great to overcome. Even now, I think a Mars mission wouldn’t quite be a suicide mission, but something pretty close.
In a sense though, life is a suicide mission. I’m sure someone would volunteer to fly in the Ringcraft.
Oh, oh…maybe this is why flying saucers are saucers and spin!
I had the exact same thought.
The spinning teacups ride at Disneyland. Oh, I got so sick. I grabbed the center wheel and spun it, getting caught up in the excitement of the moment. Bad mistake.
Tony
I watched a show about home inventors not too long ago. There was a really old guy, nearly toothless, baggy old plaid shirt and suspenders, working in a beat up old shed way out in the bush in the back of beyond piled high with all manner of crap. He was gumming away in a real thick Ontario accent about this thing he was doing with magnets and spinning rings and how flying saucers probably use something similar. Kinda scary to see “bona fide” scientists are just catching up to him. 
djm
Gastric ejecta in a spiral form is pretty cool, though.
yes, all surrounding can enjoy the moment too.
Absolutely!
we live to give, be it from our depth too.
This is why commercial hyperspace travel will never take off. Who wants to travel to Mars if it means you’ll be tossing your cookies for the entire 3 hour trip?
That doesn’t necessarity have to be a problem. Have you ever rode Mission: SPACE at Epcot? To simulate the G-forces, the cars on the ride spin rapidly. You get going pretty fast, but you can’t tell that you’re just going 'round in circles. It feels like you’re moving forward at high speeds.
I know some people have problems on that ride, but I didn’t. Maybe just us who don’t have much of a problem with motion sickness can go.
All you need is inertial dampeners, like they use on Star Trek.
djm
More cool space travel stuff:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/01/death.in.space.ap/index.html
It would be a shame to waste all that fresh meat. A few french fries, a bit of broccoli and stuffing. Delicious! 
djm