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RE: Solar power back up batteries are best found by thinking outside the box, The lead acid box that is....
I sure would like to! We could do it with what we have now. THAT would be Fun!
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I sure would like to! We could do it with what we have now. THAT would be Fun!
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we could do it now? then someone somewhere is working on one right?
There are designs floating. There is one that is a sailboat that uses light striking a mylar sail, for thrust. The most practical is the Ion drive using collected gasses for fuel. Very efficient, with a constant low level thrust, it would fly at a significant portion of the speed of light.
Quantum entanglement, might allow us to refuel it from here too.
The biggest restriction is money, not technology.
:)>sir smithlabs! How fast is a significant portion of the speed of light? what about g forces and all that?
An Ion engine, burning free fuel, can accelerate at a tenth gravity or so. Boosting for a long period you could reach seven or eight tenths of C.
Some of the closer stars could be reached in less than a century this way. THAT would be an amazing trip!
:)>sir smithlabs! seven or eight tenths of C. what's the C?
less than a century, most people would die before they got there or be too old to do anything.
C is the term for the speed of light.
This ship would need to be a generation ship. The new batch of crew members would be the ones that arrived, and explored.
:)>well that sounds retarded smithlabs, who would want to spend their whole life on a ship?
Who would risk their life sitting on top of a rocket to go into orbit? I might be tempted myself...can you imagine seeing another Star?
When you approach C, time is dilated, so those traveling would only see maybe 40 years ship time.
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