To: 2ndDivisionVet
First off, to propel spacecraft to necessary speeds, a massive amount of power will need to be stored and discharged over roughly thirty seconds, think between 50 and 100 gigawatts! That's equivalent to the power output of around 50,000 commercial wind turbines. Or 50 to 100 full size nuclear power plants.
That is a lot of power.
And I cant imagine the size of the capacitor banks that it would need to store that power for quick release at around 200 million amperes!
I cant imagine the noise that it would make when those capacitors were discharged
5 posted on
10/03/2017 10:35:02 PM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: Pontiac
Imagine if someone hooked it up to a door knob!
6 posted on
10/03/2017 10:39:01 PM PDT by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Pontiac
Imagine the noise and flash from 200 million amps if there was a short circuit!
To: Pontiac
100 gigawatts!!!
19 posted on
10/04/2017 6:32:15 AM PDT by
BlueLancer
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