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re: NASA has a new engine concept
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:30 am to DarthRebel
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:30 am to DarthRebel
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but instead is captured to create a nearly infinite specific impulse
SO, impulse engines? Sounds Trekkie to me.
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Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:02 am to DarthRebel
I think I've settled on the engine swap I'm doing on my jeep.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:08 am to CoachChappy
Nah, specific impulse is a industry term that is used to measure thrust efficiency per unit fuel.
It’s an attribute of all rocket engines or jet engines
It’s an attribute of all rocket engines or jet engines
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:21 am to Bard
- Are you a nerd?
- Do you enjoy nerd video games?
- Want to ruin your life?
Then download Kerbal Space Program.
- Do you enjoy nerd video games?
- Want to ruin your life?
Then download Kerbal Space Program.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:23 am to DarthRebel
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A NASA scientist has created
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:29 am to DarthRebel
Would be a game changer. If we could figure out a way to use this engine on a ship manned with people without killing them we could explore a lot of space if we could move at the speed of light. The kicker would be the ability to avoid collisions moving at such a high speed and G forces.
We could reach Pluto in like 3 hours at that speed. Traveling in our solar system would be like me driving to Jackson. Not to mention being able to have manned travel 5-10 light years away. Such an innovation would be a huge step toward exploring space
We could reach Pluto in like 3 hours at that speed. Traveling in our solar system would be like me driving to Jackson. Not to mention being able to have manned travel 5-10 light years away. Such an innovation would be a huge step toward exploring space
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:33 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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So it's basically a flux capacitor.
No. It’s an ion thruster and it’s cool as shite.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:40 am to DarthRebel
It is a Shake Weight engine
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:40 am to Space Cadet
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Bunch of tax-sucking nerds, we need to shut that whole scam down.
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Space Cadet
Doesn't check out
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:44 am to deltaland
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If we could figure out a way to use this engine on a ship manned with people without killing them we could explore a lot of space if we could move at the speed of light. The kicker would be the ability to avoid collisions moving at such a high speed and G forces.
We could reach Pluto in like 3 hours at that speed.
G Forces.
It would take nearly a year to reach the speed of light at 1G. You'd travel around 4.5B KM in that time, and that's how far Pluto is from earth at it's closets.
I don't know what the body can handle and for how long, but it would take some extreme engineering to figure out how we could handle higher g's for days, if it's even possible. There's so much issues that our body will have with blood circulation for prolonged periods of acceleration at higher g's.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:51 am to Volvagia
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It’s an attribute of all rocket engines or jet engines
Much like the rocketdyne J-2 underneath my grandpa's shite... we have a specific impulse of 420 s.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 11:59 am to DarthRebel
ive been making similar looking propulsions in the shower every morning since I was 13
Posted on 10/17/19 at 12:01 pm to DarthRebel
Ever heard of the Twin Ion Engine?
Darth Vader and company had them...Called TIE Fighters, TIE Bombers, and TIE Interceptors.
George Lucas had it before Franklin Chang-Diaz started this research before this Burns fellow came up with it either.
Darth Vader and company had them...Called TIE Fighters, TIE Bombers, and TIE Interceptors.
George Lucas had it before Franklin Chang-Diaz started this research before this Burns fellow came up with it either.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 12:37 pm to DarthRebel
Here is the NASA paper on it
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20190029657
And a better article describing it
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218685-nasa-engineers-helical-engine-may-violate-the-laws-of-physics/
Has videos
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20190029657
And a better article describing it
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218685-nasa-engineers-helical-engine-may-violate-the-laws-of-physics/
Has videos
Posted on 10/17/19 at 12:48 pm to DarthRebel
Posted on 10/17/19 at 12:55 pm to deltaland
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If we could figure out a way to use this engine on a ship manned with people without killing them we could explore a lot of space if we could move at the speed of light.
Why must it be manned with people?
Posted on 10/17/19 at 1:15 pm to BayouBlitz
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Why must it be manned with people?
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This post was edited on 10/17/19 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 10/17/19 at 2:04 pm to deltaland
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Pluto in like 3 hours at that speed. Traveling in our solar system would be like me driving to Jackson.
I would rather go to Pluto than Jackson.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 2:12 pm to elprez00
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Then download Kerbal Space Program.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 2:13 pm to MoarKilometers
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How does it stop once it gets where it is going?
Throw out the ion anchor
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