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Nasa begins testing radical 'proton power' system that could send spacecraft to the edge [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| April 12, 2016
| Cheyenne McDonald
Posted on 04/12/2016 11:38:31 AM PDT by C19fan
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If you really want to go fast need to use a Queller Drive. :0
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:38:31 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:39:07 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:44:08 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
To: C19fan
“Colon power” to reach Uranus.
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:45:37 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
(CRUZ 2016 "Closest thing we have to Reagan." Rush Limbaugh)
To: C19fan
I saw the part about getting to the heliopause, but missed the part about getting to the edge of the universe. Regardless, if this works as advertised it should help explore the outer solar system, if not in my life time then in my grandkids’ life times. Perhaps we can even find Planet X -1.
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04/12/2016 11:46:07 AM PDT
by
Purdue77
("Infringement is only for the little people.")
To: C19fan
Probably not as fast as the Improbability Drive...
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:47:09 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: C19fan
Former Nasa Proton Power testing site.
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:49:17 AM PDT
by
seawolf101
(This)
To: Westbrook
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:50:54 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Proton Powerrh!)
To: C19fan
To: Happy Rain
That reminds me, do you know why the USS Enterprise is like a piece of toilet paper?
They both circle around Uranus and wipe out Klingons!
To: C19fan
Thats only a 1/3 improvement.
You gotta do much better than that.
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:54:29 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: C19fan
Roger Ramjet had it first!...........................
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:54:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: rjsimmon
That’s not very likely. Bring your towel.
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:55:20 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(There are not enough laxatives in the world to cure that what ails Democrats.)
To: baltimorepoet
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:55:51 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Professor Proton and Dr. Sheldon Cooper are the lead physicists on the project.
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posted on
04/12/2016 11:57:17 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: mikrofon
In that frame Scotty is watching Uhuru and saying:
“Hey Lassie, that’s some mighty fine twerkin’ yer doin’ there.”
I think it was on episode 2 of the 2nd Season.
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04/12/2016 12:03:53 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
(CRUZ 2016 "Closest thing we have to Reagan." Rush Limbaugh)
To: C19fan
find oil on pluto and lightspeed travel will be invented overnight! lol
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posted on
04/12/2016 12:05:46 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: Delta 21
But it could have a radical effect on space yacht racing...
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posted on
04/12/2016 12:14:27 PM PDT
by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
To: C19fan
A factor of 3 in spaceship velocity is not an advance at all ... if we cannot get to a meaningful fraction of light speed, then space travel to another star system is impossible. The distance is too far.
Right now it takes light 18+ hours to get to the edge of interstellar space ... and the nearest star is 4+ light years away. So if we could travel 1/10 light speed ... it would take 40+ years to get there ... but 1/10 light speed represents a quantum leap in travel over our current technology.
At best, this new proton engine would allow us to get to Mars a few months sooner.
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04/12/2016 12:14:48 PM PDT
by
dartuser
To: dartuser
At best, this new proton engine would allow us to get to Mars a few months sooner. It is not as sexy as warp drive, but cutting the time to mars from the current 6 months to say 6 weeks would be significant, especially if one wants eventually to have human crews. It would mean significantly less food and fuel would be needed for the trip.
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04/12/2016 12:22:44 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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