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Fly to the moon in 4 hours: British scientist who says he's found secret of Star Trek's 'warp speed'
The London Daily Mail ^
| May 14, 2015
| Tom Leonard in New York
Posted on 05/14/2015 1:46:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I want one for my scooter!
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:49:45 AM PDT
by
Forty-Niner
(The barely bare berry bear formerly known as Arctos Horribilis.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:50:06 AM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
4 hours to the moon is NOT warp speed. Not even 4 seconds.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Limey science cop: “All right, what’s all of this then...?”
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:54:25 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: moose07
It’s in the Daily Mail so it’s gotta be true, yes?
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:55:54 AM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
With an object so close you wouldn’t want to get full acceleration going, I would think.
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posted on
05/14/2015 1:58:21 AM PDT
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2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
IIRC, in Star Trek, they’re not even supposed to go beyond light speed in the Solar System. It’d be like trying to drive 100 mph in Midtown Manhattan: You’re going to crash into something.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:13:54 AM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Forty-Niner
Then maybe Freepers wont mind my bicycle so much, if one of these is attached to my bicycle.
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:41:31 AM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: fieldmarshaldj
First generation technology is always clumsy and compared with its potential.
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:42:36 AM PDT
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Forty-Niner
Woke up in pain and in a bad mood. One comment can make you laugh and forget for a minute lol. Yours was it.
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:55:06 AM PDT
by
dp0622
To: fieldmarshaldj
If I read it right, the EM drive could continuously propel a vehicle forward. Okay, build up speed with a drive that provides constant acceleration. So. What about slowing down? They still have to do with mass and velocity and what it is going to take to not splatter on the moon.
I’d suggest the flight drive curve would look like a narrow bell curve with the second half “propelling in the reverse direction”. Hardly a ‘warp’ drive.
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posted on
05/14/2015 2:59:07 AM PDT
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Gaffer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Spindizzy?
I’m too lazy to read the article . . .
The Admiral
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:01:09 AM PDT
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admiral52
(Admiral52)
To: fieldmarshaldj
FIRST, that is sick!! is that true? well, why would you lie lol. Crazy speeds.
Some suggest the EmDrive is set to become one of many wonderful British inventions which for lack of investment and vision end up being hijacked by someone else.///
The tank and computers? Well, that’s what happens when you become a socialist utopia. There is never and may never be a country as innovative and adaptable as the United States. It’s amazing what being a republic and having capitalism can do to a nation.
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05/14/2015 3:12:17 AM PDT
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dp0622
To: fieldmarshaldj
No. You’re right, It is according to an article I read last week, 10% C. That’s alpha centuri in 40 years.
But WOW! If it is real
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:23:02 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Zephram Cochran sez “I’ll drink to that!”
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:23:13 AM PDT
by
Demiurge2
(Define your terms!)
To: Gaffer
You can use it for artificial gravity. 1 g to halfway. Turn around and 1 g till you land. You can up it to 2 Gs if your in a hurry and strapped in
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:26:00 AM PDT
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Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: admiral52
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:27:56 AM PDT
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Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Demiurge2
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:28:37 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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