Posted on 07/28/2015 11:20:36 AM PDT by Mellonkronos
It is not the speed it is the sudden stop at the end that’s a killer...
God .. they were so GOOD together.
It still needs a HECKUVALOTTA testing before it can be shown to do any of these things.
In my opinion, this may turn out to be a turning point moment in science when old theory fall to new ideas. When the impossible and unexplained break our collective understanding and force us to reevaluate the “laws” of science.
But where will we get the dilythium crystals to run the thing?
At 62,500 miles per hour I bet it does a mean quarter mile!
Stopping and starting gonna hurt.
1.21 Gigawatts!?!?!?!?!?!
Better double those estimates. Arriving at Mars at several million miles an hour would hurt. You’d have to turn 180 degrees mid-way and decelerate.
I want a photon rocket... if it could get to Qom....
“It produces thrust by using solar power to generate multiple microwaves that move back and forth in an enclosed chamber.”
Wait! My house has solar panels AND I have multiple microwaves! If I hook them together and move them around, my little stucco palace can SOAR!
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Uranus.
I guessing NASCAR will require restrictor plates.
Sounds to me like the writer took the top theoretical speed of this engine and presumed that constant speed to the moon.
You would have to accelerate at a constant 3.7G (think that math is right) to reach the moon in 4 hours from a dead stop on Earth.
The problem is slowing down.
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