NASA WARP-Speed Technology Program Put on Hold. (BPP Program)

NASA ^ | June 28, 2002: | Editorial Staff

[vannrox]

WOW...Too bad its killed.

[Free the USA]

Index Bump

[RightWhale]

NASA's rudder is broken and their sails are shredded and they are drifting with the political winds. They are stuck with the Space Shuttle fleet and the ISS, which is killing everything else. Write it off, they are into diminishing returns to the 99th percentile.

Both projects should be cancelled. NASA should do more science and start a new program to build a moon base. Same budget.

[crypt2k]

Let's directly confirm lunar polar ice with a low-cost unmanned mission (<$30 million).
At this point, the evidence is indirect and of low confidence.

[RightWhale]

Let's directly confirm lunar polar ice

Several programs are underway right now to check out the lunar polar ice if any. None of these programs are from NASA.

[crypt2k]

NASA's rudder is broken and their sails are shredded and they are drifting with the political wind

O'Keefe's nuclear initiative seems to have faltered. He put Europa and Pluto missions on hold to get them thinking about using nuclear propulsion, getting there faster and doing more once they get there. Nobody seems to be listening.

[crypt2k]

Several programs are underway right now to check out the lunar polar ice if any.

And they are all in the >$100 million category. Good luck.

[RightWhale]

The rocket to get there will cost $100 million by itself. Then you will want some kind of remote lab, either in polar orbit or crawling around on the ground. Big bucks.

[crypt2k]

A russian "Rockot" can be used - cost: $15,000,000.

[Senator Pardek]

If a a child is born on a moon base of American parents (he would obviously not be an Earthling), would he automatically be granted U.S. citizenship?

[Paul Atreides]

If a a child is born on a moon base of American parents (he would obviously not be an Earthling), would he automatically be granted U.S. citizenship?

If Dick Gophart is still alive, he will be.

[ECM]

LMAO

[Brett66]

I would think so because no one has proclaimed an independent state on the moon. There is no government for them to be affiliated with.

[RightWhale]

(he would obviously not be an Earthling)

Admiralty Law. Is it considered an extension of US territory? The ship would be if under American flag. The base if owned by America. It gets into an extension of maritime and deep sea law. Lot of extending going on.

[Willie Green]

WARP DRIVE NOW!!!.

Magnetic levitation (Maglev) is an advanced technology in which magnetic forces lift, propel, and guide a vehicle over a guideway. Utilizing state-of-the-art electric power and control systems, this configuration eliminates contact between vehicle and guideway and permits cruising speeds of up to 300 mph, or almost two times the speed of conventional high-speed rail service. Because of its high speed, Maglev offers competitive trip-time savings to auto and aviation modes in the 40- to 600-mile travel markets–an ideal travel option for the 21st century.

Both the Pennsylvania and Baltimore-Washington plans utilize maglev technology developed by Transrapid International. The German design is based on a conventional non-superconductingelectromagnetic/attractive magnetic configuration, and has received extensive testing at a full-scale test track in Emsland, Germany. The latest design represents over 20 years of design evolution and 15 years' testing of full-scale Transrapid prototypes, including safety certification by the German government for passenger-carrying revenue service at speeds of 250 mph or higher.

Highlights of the Transrapid system are:

• High cruising speeds of 200 to 300 mph (320 kph to 480 kph)
  
• Fast acceleration and braking with outstanding passenger comfort
  
• Can climb 10% grades at full speed
  
• Safe operation on dedicated grade-separated track, or guideway
  
• Vehicle wraps around guideway to reduce risk of derailment
  
• Low electromagnetic field emission and interference potential
  
• Standard superelevation, or tilt, of 12 degrees (max. up to 16 degrees) to navigate curves
  
• Proven and tested automatic operations control system
  
• Minimal guideway maintenance with small footprint
  
• High system capacity
  
• Guideway energized sequentially for dynamic vehicle "block" control and reduced power demand
  
• Improved aerodynamic vehicle design for minimal turbulence
  
• Multiple levels of redundancy built in for safe operations at all speeds
  
• Final safety approval anticipated in Germany for commercial operations
  
• Prior evaluation and safety analysis by the US Department of
  Transportation accepted Transrapid for deployment in Orlando, Florida in 1992

The Transrapid is suitable for transporting goods as well. For high-speed cargo transport, special cargo sections can be combined with passenger sections or assembled to form dedicated cargo trains (payload up to 18 tons per section). As the propulsion system is in the guideway, neither the length of the vehicle nor the payload affect the acceleration power.

If you would like more information about Maglev, visit the Transrapid International website or Maglev of Pennsylvania or the Baltimore-Washington Maglev Project

[Brett66]

Doggone it! I liked this program, maybe private companies will continue some of this reaearch. I was especially wanting to hear from this guy on further research that NASA was funding:

James F. Woodward: Mach's Principle Weight Reduction = Propellantless Propulsion

[NEWwoman]

If a a child is born on a moon base of American parents (he would obviously not be an Earthling), would he automatically be granted U.S. citizenship?

If Dick Gophart is still alive, he will be.

Only if he/she votes Democrat.</>

[RckyRaCoCo]

"we are thiiisss close! If you just give us mo money we'll....."

think i've heard this song before, mostly from the medical science community..... or Jerry Lewis.