1 posted on
07/14/2017 12:22:57 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Still Basic Newtonian in nature...
wake me when they have figured out how to take 1 joule of electrical energy and have it directly translated into slightly less than 1 joule of kinetic energy in one direction without having to toss a mass out the rear.
2 posted on
07/14/2017 12:28:27 PM PDT by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: BenLurkin
They should call them “impulse thrusters”. :-)
To: BenLurkin
Stranger than a mass of 500 km? Hard to wrap my mind around that.
4 posted on
07/14/2017 12:40:20 PM PDT by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy is not what it used to be.)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds promising once they iron out a few details.
6 posted on
07/14/2017 1:13:00 PM PDT by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: BenLurkin
“ionic liquid ferrofluid”
I’ll have a double on the rocks with a twist of magnetite, please.
9 posted on
07/14/2017 1:39:17 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
(Climate Change: The Imminent Crisis That Never Arrives and the gravy train that never ends.)
To: BenLurkin
Emitting lots of ions develops enough power to fly a paper airplane. Maybe.
To: BenLurkin
One problem with using it in space:
ferrofluids are "made up of tiny magnetic fragments of iron suspended in oil (often kerosene) with a surfactant to prevent clumping (usually oleic acid)"
Won't oil evaporate in a vacuum?
13 posted on
07/14/2017 2:45:29 PM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: BenLurkin
Ferrofluid can stain the heck out of your kitchen, especially the grout around the tiles in the backsplash.
Don’t ask me how I know this...
14 posted on
07/14/2017 2:45:30 PM PDT by
Crusher138
("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
To: BenLurkin
Go Michigan Tech! The only school I know of that has its own shooting ranges!
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