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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: Gaffer
Also think of the G forces while accelerating. The craft would have to limit its acceleration or people in the craft be a Flat Stanley.
That would slow the trip down
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:38:47 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Did they clear it with the muslims?
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:49:25 AM PDT
by
mykroar
("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I heard it will be named Ludicrous Speed.
To: Fai Mao
I think somebody is just looking for investment money for a development effort that will prove infeasible at some point for one reason or another.
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posted on
05/14/2015 3:59:52 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What's the matter with science writers of today?
The first thing he does is to confuse Power Source and Propulsion.
Then throw in Warp Drive, while later in the article they're talking 2/3 light speed tops.
It sounds like a photon rocket using microwaves.
They have been known, theoretically, for many decades.
Anyone who studies rocket propulsion will quickly realize photon rockets would be ideal, is it wasn't for the small matter of a sufficiently powerful energy source.
Solar panels are wimpy in comparison, and won't do much for you in interstellar space.
You can make a science craft to coast the solar system for years, if it can accelerate at 0.0001 g, need much more for space tourism.
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:00:48 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The nice thing about light speed is having an excuse for not pulling over.
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:02:08 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:05:31 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
You might get there in four hours, but can you stop? you will need quite a set of brakes on that ship.
-PJ
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:10:21 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Demiurge2
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:10:35 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"It is powered by a device similar to that found in a microwave oven" How fast is "Timed Defrost"?
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:11:40 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:23:39 AM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
To: mountn man
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:35:54 AM PDT
by
TheCipher
(Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
To: equaviator
“’ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, wot we got here, sunshine!”
CC
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:38:31 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A two gram speck of space rock impacted at 450 million miles an hour should make for an interesting accident report. Speed is one thing; surviving that speed is another thing.
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:40:52 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: Political Junkie Too
...And you need to find a way to accelerate and decelerate without as a side effect turning the crew into chunky salsa. Suppose we gotta wait for somebody to invent the “inertial compensator”.
CC
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:46:19 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Invented by now retired British scientist Roger Shawyer a decade ago”
Bull. This joker ripped off Gene Roddenberrys idea ;-)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
450 million miles an hour? I bet Congress will want the Space Speed Limit to be 55 million miles per hour... to save fuel.😊
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posted on
05/14/2015 4:51:31 AM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
skeptical.. yhea"where no scriptwriter has gone before."
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posted on
05/14/2015 5:05:17 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
To: Forty-Niner
I want one for my scooter!
While the cops can't keep up with you, they'll get you once you stop........
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posted on
05/14/2015 5:10:03 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(November 2016 shall be set aside as rodent removal month.)
To: Demiurge2
Zephram Cochran sez “I’ll drink to that!”
He’ll drink to anything!
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05/14/2015 5:32:39 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
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