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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 29, 2023 by\u00a0tallbloke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Mike McCulloch<\/a> has been making truly remarkable discoveries about some of the mysteries of the cosmos over the last two decades. He has answers to fundamental questions such as \u2018what causes the force that resists the change in speed and direction of any mass?\u2019, \u2018why do observations indicate that the inertial force varies with acceleration in the outer reaches of galaxies?\u2019 and \u2018how can we tap into the implicated energy fields to generate propellant-less thrust, and potentially generate electrical energy to power our homes, industries and vehicles?\u2019. His published papers cover the first two of these questions, and touch on the third, although there\u2019s plenty more to be teased out of the implications of his Quantised Inertia theory. The third question is the acid test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike believes science has to have practical, applicable results, and for the last few years, he has been successfully generating those at his lab in Plymouth University<\/a>, funded by DARPA. He has been getting measurable thrust from purely electrical input. Other collaborating labs have similar results. Exciting times indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But like many scientists who threaten the established and accepted theory in their field, his work has been largely ignored because it falsifies mainstream \u2018dark matter\u2019 theory, or dismissed because it \u2018must be impossible\u2019. Although he has got measurable results, DARPA funding is ending, and he has no more teaching work to return to at Plymouth University. Mike wants, as far as possible, to keep the ongoing developments of QI publicly accessible, by crowdfunding. He needs our help to fund and equip a new lab, and set up a \u2018Horizon Institute\u2019, online initially, to enable the collaboration of academics and citizen scientists. Please read his message below, and then I\u2019ll let you know how you can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For seventeen years I have been proposing, and publishing peer reviewed papers and books on, a new theory of inertial mass, called quantised inertia, which explains inertia using an elegant interaction between horizons and the quantum background. It also accurately predicts galaxy rotation, and the orbital motion of wide binary stars and globular clusters, without the need for \u2018dark matter\u2019 to account for observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago it also became clear that quantised inertia predicts a way to generate thrust without propellant: by putting a synthetic horizon in the vacuum: horizon drives. For the past four years I have been funded by DARPA to test this and we have identified a practical method using capacitors (suggested by engineers Becker & Bhatt). We have seen thrust in our lab at Plymouth University and three other collaborating labs around the world have also measured thrust. We are writing a paper on the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These new horizon drives outperform the ion drives used on modern satellites, and without the need to carry heavy fuel (propellant). This will revolutionise the satellite industry making satellites cheaper, silent, and long-lasting. It also offers us, for the first time, a way to get to Proxima Centauri in less than 15 years, or the Oort cloud in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the observed thrust is small, though already more efficient than ion drives, but quantised inertia theory predicts ways to greatly enhance it and also develop other applications. Unfortunately, the DARPA funding was only promised for four years and it runs out in July. Further, with brilliant timing, my university has decided to make me redundant. I brought myself out of teaching to focus on the DARPA work for four years, and in the meantime the geomatics courses I used to teach have shrunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need funding for an office\/lab at Plymouth Science Park to continue our work on the horizon drive, enhance it and work on other applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for your help
Mike McCulloch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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