I come to this subject through web surfing and have been alternately jazzed and confused with what I've learned. First I read about this guy Woodward @ Cal Tech who built a device which creates a measurable mass reduction of the device. Cool. Antigravity. Yeah yeah ... I know ... there's hundreds of kooks out there with ZP/Antigravity/overunity et al claims. But this guy clearly isn't.

So ... um ... Woodward is borrowing inertia from every other atom in the universe to create this force? As I understand it that's essentially what's happening according to Mach's Principle. So do you think Woodward has found a way that we can tap into spooky action at a distance to achieve antigravity propulsion?
(go to page 11) Paul March sure does! So should I?

That's my main question to anyone familiar with this subject. Should I be excited about this latest prospect of a discovery of a potential antigravity device? Or better stated even ... is this latest prospect of a discovery of a potential antigravity device something that should excite me?

Here's some links if you're not familiar with all this.

Andrew Palfreyman Interview @ STAIF 2006

Paul March @ STAIF 2006

Click to download a powerpoint presentation by Paul March

Frank Felber @ STAIF 2006Woodward's website

I suspect that many things will become more plausible once we start thinking in terms of Wave-physics, as opposed to the old 'particle' paradigm.



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I hate to put what I think in these posts since what I think about a physics problem is completely irrelevant ... (i.e.... why listen to me ... I dunnoshit) ...

But what I think is that this Woodward Effect means that perhaps all mass and energy are present within the confines of a Universe-sized mesh of electromagnetism. It is this electromagnetic mesh that is responsible for gravity.

The thing that is compelling to me is that (if true) the mechanism borrows inertia from every atom in the universe. To do that every atom in the universe has to be "connected" somehow. As some sort of EU proponent I guess I'm always looking for something that seems supportive.

I've got a question for someone ...

How do inertia navigation systems work. I understand that the gyroscope keeps pointing in the same direction and this can be used as a baseline for location and the rest is extrapolation ... but what's happening to direct that gyroscope to do so?