ほんとですか？

何日か前に「フィールド 響き合う生命・意識・宇宙」っう本を買ったんだ。最初の方は良かったのだけど、途中から内容が怪しいものに変わり、くぅ、おまえもか・・・という感じになってしまいました。なんでもかんでも、ZPEに関連させてしまう著者のあほさ加減にゲンナリしてしまいました。で、どんなもんかいなと色々とぐぐったら、NASAのページがヒット。
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/TM-2004-213082.htm
わぁお、"Space drives," "Warp drives," and "Wormholes:"だってよ〜。
確かに、このページの「3.1.8. Explore Vacuum Energy.」にZPEについての記述がある。

Quantum vacuum energy, also called zero point energy (ZPE), is a relatively new and not fully understood phenomenon. In simple terms, the uncertainty principle from quantum mechanics indicates that it is not possible to achieve an absolute zero energy state. This includes the electromagnetic energy state of the space vacuum [28]. It has been shown analytically, and later experimentally, that this vacuum energy can squeeze parallel plates together [29]. This "Casimir effect" is only appreciable at very small dimensions (microns). Nonetheless, it is evidence that space contains something that might be useful. The possibility of extracting this energy has also been studied. In principle, and without violating thermodynamic laws, it is possible to convert minor amounts of quantum vacuum energy [30, 31].
The BPP Project sponsored experimental and theoretical work to further explore the tangibility of this phenomenon. New analytical and experimental tools were developed to explore this phenomenon using MicroElectroMechanical (MEM) rectangular Casimir cavities [6-12]. It was even shown that, in principal, it is possible to create net propulsive forces by interacting with this energy, even thought the forces are impractically small at this stage [13]. Regardless of these immediate impracticalities, however, the quantum vacuum does offer an experimental venue through which to further study the very structure of space itself. Continued research on this phenomenon and through these techniques is expected.

拙い、英語力によると、最後に好意的な評価を下しているように思える．．．
しかし、「Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project」というプロジェクトだったらしいけど、2002年に終わったようです。しかし、もったいない。戦争しかけてるよりも絶対良いと思うけどなぁ〜。