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re: NASA confirms some guy has invented a Star Wars / Trek style thruster
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:45 pm to FAF
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:45 pm to FAF
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Once you hit a certain point, your acceleration would cease.
Theoretically, in space you could accelerate to the speed of light given enough time, could you not? There is no friction to stop you from continuously accelerating, that would be the only barrier unless I am mistaken.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:48 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Theoretically, in space you could accelerate to the speed of light given enough time, could you not?
It would be approaching zero (your acceleration) if you're using solar to propel the ship. Sure, any small acceleration puts you closer to the speed of light, but..
I'm all for space travel, but if it takes me 100 years to travel to Alpha Centauri, I'd still be dead.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:56 pm to Brightside Bengal
I'm really hoping Interstellar will get people to see the importance of NASA once more. They are criminally underfunded.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:00 pm to OMLandshark
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OMLandshark
I know you're a big space guy so you'll appreciate this. I just spent the week in Disney. Our hotel had the NASA channel. I was hooked. My wife was like "how can you watch this boring shite? It's like CSPAN for science. "
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:04 pm to Brightside Bengal
Came here to post this.
It "supposedly" can cut the time for a trip to Mars from months to weeks.
This is the type of stuff we need more funding for. Even if it is a long shot.
It "supposedly" can cut the time for a trip to Mars from months to weeks.
This is the type of stuff we need more funding for. Even if it is a long shot.
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