RE: RE: starship-design: Casimir-Foreward balloon

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

> Its been thought that you might be able to tap into those
> virtual particals,
> or zero point energy.  It would be way beyond
> anti-mater/mater reactions in
> efficency.  Power without carrying and fuel and at fantastic
> power densities.
>  If we could tap that our interstellar flight concepts would
> be radically
> somplified.

True, but power does not equate to reaction mass, we still need a drive that
doesn't require fuel also.

Lee