[kjam22]

The problem is the technology. The idea that they use friction to slow down. They need to find a way to enter the atmosphere at less than 3094562390486 miles per hour. A different propulsion method that doesn't require 93457932475 gallons of fuel in a tank the size of a skyscraper.

[advertising guy]

ok, so I take a sledgehammer instead of a ball pien hammer........lolol

[RoadGumby]

Call and apply for a position fixing those problems, OR deal with Physics and the limits it applies.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“A different propulsion method that doesn’t require 93457932475 gallons of fuel in a tank the size of a skyscraper.”

How about a propulsion system for space vehicles that requires NO fuel?

How about a propulsion system for planes that requires NO fuel?

How about a propulsion system for land vehicles (cars) that requires NO fuel?

How about a system for generating electricity for homes that requires NO fuel?

It is possible. Govt does not want any of this. Tesla knew how. Govt destroyed his work and tried to destroy him.

We would not need the grid. We would not need the Middle East or Chavez. We would not need big oil. But does anybody really care?

[HardStarboard]

>>>A different propulsion method that doesn't require 93457932475 gallons of fuel in a tank the size of a skyscraper.<<<

You a graduate of the Al Gore School of Global Warming and Physics?

[Erasmus]

A different propulsion method that doesn't require 93457932475 gallons of fuel in a tank the size of a skyscraper.

Absolutely true. Chemical rockets have proven limits to their performance, and we've been up against those limits from the beginning.

Now with your basic thermonuclear rocket, you can get specific impulses of at least ten million seconds. Then, you can both ascend to orbit and back again with half-million pound payloads and never exceed 100 meters per second while within the lower atmosphere.

Great technology!

Of course, we wont have it until 2100, but what's a century among friends?