"Dilithium Crystals Could Power Hypothetical..." Topic
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Tango01  | 05 Oct 2012 9:27 p.m. PST |
…Star Trek-Style Warp Drive. "One of the main reasons for that, though, is that space is so frustratingly massive. Voyager 1 is the fastest man-made thing ever, but 10.5 miles per second is a piffling fraction of the speed of light. Even getting to one of our nearest neighbours, Mars, would take six to eight months using conventional spaceship engines. Ideas like warp drives are still theoretical, and unlikely to be seen within our lifetimes. However, it might be possible to cut that trip to Mars down to as few as three months using a form of fusion fuel — "dilithium crystals." Yep, just like Star Trek…"
Full article here
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 06 Oct 2012 7:33 p.m. PST |
Interesting article Armand. Thank you for sharing it. Funny how life immitates art, and vice versa. The related article on cold fusion is interesting as well, which pleases me, since we'll be needing small fusion reactors to power grav tanks, and their weaponry in the future. |
 Parzival | 06 Oct 2012 8:53 p.m. PST |
Fun article, but they got a lot things wrong. (Not the least of which is that it would not be used to power a warp drive at all, but merely an action-reaction plasma rocket. A very fast rocket, but still a rocket.) |
| Tango01 | 06 Oct 2012 10:20 p.m. PST |
Happy you had enjoy the article my friends!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
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