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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36749 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29HCv_8kNM4 Didn't I eva tell ya's that, Stargate: SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe, were based on true fact. :-D I'll now have to go and watch those series all over again. ;-) Cheers. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Carl Sagan's "Cosmos": Its actually 3 x 10^8 meters per sec. That's true, but try to figure out what the energy must be to accelerate a 100,000 lb space ship to, say, 95% the speed of light. Don't forget relativistic effects. Where is that energy going to come from --anti-matter annihilation may be the answer. So this mode of propulsion may be far far off in the future. Also we would have to spend the same amount of time decelerating as well. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29HCv_8kNM4 Really :) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36749 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I thought that it sounded good at the time. :-) Cheers. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and others and possibly Honeywell are developing plasma engines The ones I have read about have extremely low thrust; plus they would have to have some material to eject. Do you have any details on the specifics of these efforts. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
The NASA Dawn Spacecraft is using a xenon ion ejecting engine, powered by the Sun, to go from Vesta to Ceres. Also the ESA GOCE spacecraft, which just reentered the atmosphere after finishing a two years mission, had an ion engine to maintain it in a low orbit, against atmospheric friction. Tullio |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36749 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29HCv_8kNM4 OK, how about us being the 13th colony then? :-D Cheers. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
OK, how about us being the 13th colony then? :-D Cheers. Sounds Good. But! You must add Star Trek replicators then :-) Cheers |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36749 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
OK, how about us being the 13th colony then? :-D Now about a Q or 2 instead? :-D Cheers. |
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