1 posted on
12/26/2008 4:37:07 AM PST by
CE2949BB
To: CE2949BB
Does Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket sound like science fiction to you? No. I have one of them powering my dishwasher. 'Course, I still get those spots on my wine glasses.
2 posted on
12/26/2008 4:43:18 AM PST by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
To: CE2949BB
Plasma drives don't exist on our pathetic range of understanding.
3 posted on
12/26/2008 4:43:20 AM PST by
allmost
To: CE2949BB
Good news, but I’m having a hard time understanding why one would want to dial the specific impulse to any value other than “maximum.”
4 posted on
12/26/2008 4:44:33 AM PST by
Steely Tom
(RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
To: CE2949BB
Vasimr... wasn’t that the cosmonaut who proved you can drink vodka in micro-gravity?
6 posted on
12/26/2008 4:58:20 AM PST by
Old Sarge
(For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
To: CE2949BB
Just hold off another six months and the LCD version will be available for $200 less.
8 posted on
12/26/2008 4:59:14 AM PST by
Recon Dad
(Marsoc Dad)
To: CE2949BB
Shouldn’t they test a “drive” on something that’s actually going somewhere?
9 posted on
12/26/2008 5:08:41 AM PST by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: CE2949BB
13 posted on
12/26/2008 6:56:40 AM PST by
hamburglar
(The result of spreading the wealth around is spreading unemployment around.)
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