Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device  Based on Heim's Quantum Theory

This paper is the third one in a series of publications, describing a novel and revolutionary space propulsion technique, based on a unified field theory in a quantized, higher-dimensional space, developed by the late B. Heim and the first author, termed Heim quantum theory (HQT) in the following. It is interesting to note that this theory shares a similar physical picture, namely a quantized spacetime, with the recently published loop quantum theory (LQT) by L. Smolin, A. Ashtektar, C. Rovelli, M. Bojowald et al. [11, 24-28]. LQT, if proved correct, would stand for a major revision of current physics, while HQT would cause a revolution in the technology of propulsion.

For effective and efficient interplanetary as well as  interstellar travel, NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program (BPP) specified three basic features, namely little or no fuel mass, limited amount of energy consumption (a spacecraft approaching the speed of light would not satisfy this requirement, since its mass becomes infinite), and (preferably) superluminal speed. To satisfy these requirements a revolution in space propulsion technology is needed. Such breakthrough propulsion techniques can only emerge from novel physics. If we believed that current physics held the answer to all questions, a BPP device would not be possible. Recently, however, more and more evidence has been piling up that current physics is far from final answers and, in addition, exhibits fundamental inconsistencies, even on the classical level. Furthermore, quantum theory (QT) in its current form does not lead to an explanation of  the elementary structures of matter, and does not lead to a consistent  cosmology either.

Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device  Based on Heim's Quantum Theory