NASA reportedly broke the speed of light

Derg said:
I think it's awesome that people have even a basic interest in this topic.

I wish there was a lot more interest in this stuff, even if we're not astrophysicists because, as a nation, we're more engrossed with email servers, medieval-tech walls and who Taylor Swift is grinding gonads with.

Space on, folks. Our technological competitors (and eventual future overlords) certainly are. College is dumb.
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Oh the interest is great. It was the explaining of some of the concepts I found amusing
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
I'm probably wrong but it seems this new form of space propulsion is a big leap forward. Even for just Earth orbit stuff. Isn't this why satellites time out? Because they fall back to the earth? They run out go juice or whatever and they can't maintain orbit?

So BOOM big problem solved. And it proves, yet again we humans shouldn't be so smug about possibles.

I won't hold my breath about deep space travel but 70 days to Mars is a big improvement with non Star Trek travel options. This is simply amazing. Now the speed of light stuff. Whateves. I stopped getting my hopes up about that when I was a teenager. WTF is wrong with ya'll :D
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Yeah, I think something like this would be huge simply on the fuel side of things. I think our space travel right now is limited by mass and by how much you fuel you can launch into orbit, and how much fuel you can safely burn through to still have enough fuel left over to do spacy things when you get there. Right now we just can't carry enough of it.

To go someplace like mars, or even the moon, we have to find the most fuel efficient ways to get there. That means, just enough fuel to get into orbit (which takes the most), leave the earths sphere of influence, change our orbit around the sun, then coasting to our destination, then slowing down to establish orbit. That coasting bit is the longest part of the journey and for the most part done at relatively zero acceleration (discounting velocity changes due to orbital mechanics. We only carry enough fuel to change our velocity enough to get where we are going, then slow down.

Now imagine we could take off from earth, point a space craft generally in the direction of mars and burn the engine so we accelerate for half the trip, then flip over to burn the engine the other half to slow down. The time savings would be huge. Not to mention fringe benefits like being able to burn a constant 1g the entire trip...micro gravity becomes a null issue. That's pretty exciting.
 
poser765 said:
Yeah, I think something like this would be huge simply on the fuel side of things. I think our space travel right now is limited by mass and by how much you fuel you can launch into orbit, and how much fuel you can safely burn through to still have enough fuel left over to do spacy things when you get there. Right now we just can't carry enough of it.

To go someplace like mars, or even the moon, we have to find the most fuel efficient ways to get there. That means, just enough fuel to get into orbit (which takes the most), leave the earths sphere of influence, change our orbit around the sun, then coasting to our destination, then slowing down to establish orbit. That coasting bit is the longest part of the journey and for the most part done at relatively zero acceleration (discounting velocity changes due to orbital mechanics. We only carry enough fuel to change our velocity enough to get where we are going, then slow down.

Now imagine we could take off from earth, point a space craft generally in the direction of mars and burn the engine so we accelerate for half the trip, then flip over to burn the engine the other half to slow down. The time savings would be huge. Not to mention fringe benefits like being able to burn a constant 1g the entire trip...micro gravity becomes a null issue. That's pretty exciting.
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Someone's been reading the expanse.
 
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Derg said:
A glimpse of your future: "Shut up. Bring us Scotch. Wear that cool shirt we bought you."

And that guy in your post does a killer job with the landscape. Keeps talking about that time he could have "won state" :)
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Those guys I've enountered from my youth have generally said "here are your groceries. That's for shopping at Winn-Dixie"

Richman
 
Richman said:
Those guys I've enountered from my youth have generally said "here are your groceries. That's for shopping at Winn-Dixie"

Richman
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Exactly.

Or "Sir, I'm concerned about the tread on your tire, I heavily suggest a… oh, you bought those two weeks ago? My bad. Hey man, remember that time back in high school when I caught that 45 yard pass and almost won the game?" :)
 
Cptnchia said:
No. While a good try, not enough energy. The projectile could not even penetrate all the way through the car door at point blank range.

This is what I want to see.



Total obliteration of the target. Problem solved, problem staying solved.
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First steps man, first steps. Couple a decades and you'll be hunting with something like this.
 
Richman said:
Doesn't sound useful unless you want venison purée.
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I never said anything specific about what you were hunting........

Could easily be dealing with a large bug infestation.

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Much as I love my Saiga 12 with a 25 round drum, I think I would rather be rocking something a little more powerful.
 
av8tr1 said:
I never said anything specific about what you were hunting........

Could easily be dealing with a large bug infestation.

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Much as I love my Saiga 12 with a 25 round drum, I think I would rather be rocking something a little more powerful.
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You're gonna make me say it.






Nuke it from orbit.
Only way to be sure.
 
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