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All aboard the Solar Express! Radical train concept could travel at 3,000km/s [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| August 25, 2016
| Mark Prigg
Posted on 08/26/2016 6:27:49 AM PDT by C19fan
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Looks like an early generation of a Guild Heighliner from the "Dune" universe sans forced evolved spice addicted navigators folding space. The concept is the same. Smaller vessels use the vessel to get to where they need to go and get out.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:27:49 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Wonder how they would do frequent flier miles...
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:32:04 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: C19fan
All aboard the Solar Express! Radical train concept could travel at 3,000km/s and take man to Mars in just 37 HOURS After a lay over in Atlanta.
To: C19fan
Sci-Fi concept art masquerading as science.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:32:58 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Yes, I am voting for Donald Trump.)
To: C19fan
I can hear Ralph Kramden now: “You’re goin to da moon, Alice! Bang! Zoom!”
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:35:10 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: C19fan
What would it do and where would it go when the earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun?
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:35:53 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
To: C19fan
Beaming me aboard would be quicker...just sayin’.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:36:37 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: Blood of Tyrants
What would it do and where would it go when the earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun?At 3000 km/s it could go through the sun in just over seven minutes, so if it had a strong enough heat shield it wouldn't matter...
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:39:48 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: C19fan
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:44:50 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: chajin
Don’t wanna go to Mars. Nothing fun to do there.
To: C19fan
What’s the point? You still need to accelerate cargo at launch and decelerate it at its destination, so why not just fling containers and catch them when they arrive?
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
“After a layover in Atlanta”
...and a Delta system crash...
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:46:33 AM PDT
by
castlebrew
(Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
To: freepertoo
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
To: freepertoo
And it’s cold as hell. Not the kind of place to raise your kids, either.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:48:16 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: freepertoo
Certainly no water slides!
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:53:57 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: C19fan
The devil is in the details. If there are human passengers, there is the time taken to move up to 3,000 kilometers per second. While moving up to the cruising speed, G-forces will be experienced by all humans. Will they be able to walk around during this period? I think not. The same goes for the deceleration phase. I suspect, if someone does the math, the time for acceleration and deceleration will take up more than a few hours.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:57:01 AM PDT
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: castlebrew
Your bags would still end up in Salt lake city.
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posted on
08/26/2016 6:58:39 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: jonrick46
Sounds like Snow Piercer for space. I wouldn’t want to be in the back.
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posted on
08/26/2016 7:00:02 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
To: C19fan
Not sure I see much point. You have to accelerate to the speed of the train to ride it, and you have to decelerate yourself when you approach your destination. Any resupply for the train also has to be accelerated so it can be loaded, so you’re really not getting much benefit from riding vs doing the whole trip yourself. About the only thing you do gain is that because the “train” can be bigger since it can accelerate over a long time rather than needing to do it all at once, it can carry a more comfortable living environment, since it can be resupplied in stages and you won’t consume the entire environment on your trip. At a SWAG, this might make for a small efficiency savings overall on an interplanetary mission, but only to destinations that the “train” serves, and only if you use the train over and over again. If you only do a few missions, and then something better comes along, it’ll all go to waste.
To: EQAndyBuzz
All the barf bags and barf will be flying to the back of the Solar Express!
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posted on
08/26/2016 7:06:44 AM PDT
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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