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Physics students devise concept for Star Wars-style deflector shields
Phys.Org ^
| May 01, 2014
| Staff & Provided by University of Leicester
Posted on 05/02/2014 10:46:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Video at link...............
To: ShadowAce; SunkenCiv
Space and Tech Ping!.........................
May The Force be with you....................
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posted on
05/02/2014 10:46:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
To: Red Badger
Pucky! the Rebel Alliance stole the technology from Star Fleet!
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posted on
05/02/2014 10:54:28 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Red Badger
A more mundane solution would be to pump out flak and a dust cloud.
To: rightwingcrazy
Dispersal might present a problem in Space................
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:01:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
To: Mastador1
WE INVENTED IT FIRST!.........................
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:03:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Sorry, I love the picture, but the first thing that ran through my head was “ Why the hell is Chekov wearing a Tribble on his head?”
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:11:18 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Red Badger
I did this too in grade school when I saw Star Wars. It involved cardboard and tinfoil.
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:12:47 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Red Badger
It's a sad, sad state of affairs when Physics.org doesn't realize that deflector shields used during space battles originated with
Star Trek in the popular imagination, not
Star Wars.
The modern generation of geeks has forgotten all the important things...
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:12:53 AM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: Red Badger
May The Force be with you.................... I saw this on Big Bang Theory last night.
In anticipation of Star Wars Day on 4 May...
The joke line is "May the Fourth Be With You."
-PJ
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:13:30 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Red Badger
Dispersal might present a problem in Space................
Which one might weigh against the technical issues associated with “a surrounding field of super-hot plasma, held in place by a magnetic field around the ship”. On the other hand, a plasma shield is much sexier than a dust cloud, so it might be worth the bother.
To: FredZarguna
YEP!!!
A strong magnetic field would be needed to create the required pressure to contain the plasma. The students calculated that the magnet strength required was definitely feasible, but would need a large power source that would restrict space in your ship.
Particularly the laws of physics!
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:21:21 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(There's no "R" in Warshington!)
To: Red Badger
Any spaceship that achieved any significant fraction of C would need deflector shields. A speck of dust could be catastrophic at speeds like that.
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:22:14 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Red Badger
Will this cloud o’ plasma stop a low-tech conventional bullet?
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:22:27 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: Red Badger
Now if they could just develop a warp bubble...
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:24:08 AM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: Red Badger
Where can we buy these? They’d help tremendously, especially in the Costco parking lot!
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:29:22 AM PDT
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faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: Red Badger
"I'll lower my shields if you lower yours..."
To: Red Badger
This concept is decades old. It’s been theorized as an armor for tanks too.
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:36:26 AM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: Red Badger
These shields won’t stop projectiles.
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