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Date Posted: 20:58:29 01/17/05 Mon
Author: Computer Geek!
Subject: An interesting article about Teleportation. From Startreks' site!

Air Force Studying Teleportation?

A scientific paper purportedly delivered to the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in August puts forth what appears to be a serious study into the physics of teleportation, the instantaneous transport of matter across a distance without traversing the space in between.

The paper examines different theoretical approaches to teleportation, including quantum entanglement (which is raised in the upcoming Enterprise episode "Daedalus"), the alteration of space-time geometry, and even psychic conveyance. The "SciFi" approach, defined as "the disembodied transport of persons or inanimate objects across space by advanced (futuristic) technological means," is identified but then dismissed for further consideration.

However, the Introduction of the report credits science fiction of the 1950s and '60s and especially Star Trek ("spawned by the late genius television writer-producer Gene Roddenberry") for popularizing the concept. It was in the 1980s and '90s that developments in quantum theory and general relativity physics raised the prospect that a realistic discussion of teleportation could take place, the report asserts.

The paper, titled "Teleportation Physics Study," can be downloaded in PDF format from the Federation of American Scientists site, fas.org. It is very academic, but if you can even begin to understand it, you can judge for yourself if this is a serious scientific study. A full story on the report can be found at Space.com

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