Earth to Mars In Just One Week?

Boingo the Clown · September 17th, 2007, 04:29 PM

Check out what the fine engineer is promising us!

http://www.photonics.com/content/new...r/7/88894.aspx

rustyslacker · September 17th, 2007, 04:40 PM

How unnervingly Trek-esque..

Nomad · September 17th, 2007, 04:47 PM

Very cool. I didn't see anywhere, but what fuel is used for the energy? I've heard of similar things before that are powered more or less by a large solar "sail" that collects light with mirrors and focuses it to a single laser beam--I wonder if that is what this is a part of.

blood imp · September 17th, 2007, 04:47 PM

Wheej!!!!!! This is a good thing. And it's pretty cool.

Aliotroph? · September 17th, 2007, 07:30 PM

It's electric. You can power it with whatever you want but on a spacecraft it's probably gonna be fuel cells, radioisotope thermoelectric generators, real nuclear reactors or photovoltaic cells.

Some solar sail concepts do indeed propose giant solar-powered lasers to push the sail, but you can use the sunlight for those too. This thing is just a fancy laser-powered thruster though. Pretty sweet stuff.

rustyslacker · September 17th, 2007, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliotroph?

It's electric.

I pictured Winona singing the song.

It's electric!

xbolt · September 17th, 2007, 10:10 PM

No, I'm sure that it runs on AA's. Or, perhaps a couple D's?

Aliotroph? · September 18th, 2007, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustyslacker

I pictured Winona singing the song.

It's electric!

LOL In that case I hope she can sing. I can't remember ever seeing her try.

Doom_Dude · September 18th, 2007, 05:17 PM

Wow that is pretty cool stuff.

Revenant · September 18th, 2007, 07:47 PM

Or maybe AAA's? xD

Quote:

Originally Posted by xbolt

No, I'm sure that it runs on AA's. Or, perhaps a couple D's?

JohnnyRancid · September 19th, 2007, 08:18 AM

AA's are a little more universal and easier to obtain.

Aliotroph? · September 19th, 2007, 08:50 AM

Both of them are equally easy to obtain; you go to the store and buy them.

Revenant · September 19th, 2007, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyRancid

AA's are a little more universal and easier to obtain.

Right you are.

BeTaNoL · September 20th, 2007, 04:37 PM

Blood imp, that "the presence" scares teh shit outta me...

i ran the spectogram in my pc and I saw it... pretty cool.. I want to hide my face within a music somehow.. but anyway, I dunno why but that image of that hand scares the shit outta me!

blood imp · September 20th, 2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeTaNoL

Blood imp, that "the presence" scares teh shit outta me...

i ran the spectogram in my pc and I saw it... pretty cool.. I want to hide my face within a music somehow.. but anyway, I dunno why but that image of that hand scares the shit outta me!

Really? I'd say it's just pure win. Unfortunately for me, I'm too noobish to know how to run spectograms... but luckily there is an image on Wikipedia!

Hiding your face within static would be cool indeed. I know that a phone number was hidden once.

Aliotroph? · September 20th, 2007, 07:54 PM

And then there were the nuclear engines: http://www.tfot.info/news/1006/mini-...the-stars.html

and the antimatter engines: http://www.tfot.info/articles/33/new...ne-design.html

Pieter Enis · September 21st, 2007, 02:05 AM

'bout damn time they'd get started on that

Something I saw yesterday on National Geographic: Sugar as a power source.
Dunno if it was for laughs or not, but the idea seems interesting enough, next thing we know we'll be mass producing sugar beets and stuffing them into our jetpacks we got with a note saying "Sorry we're about 20 years late with these"!

BeTaNoL · September 22nd, 2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blood imp

Really? I'd say it's just pure win. Unfortunately for me, I'm too noobish to know how to run spectograms... but luckily there is an image on Wikipedia!

Hiding your face within static would be cool indeed. I know that a phone number was hidden once.

Apex Twin (i think) hid his face in a song... I shit myself when I saw it, so ugly! I don't remebmer the song name, but you can try searching it on google, about spectograms and stuff... that's more common that you think!

And about running a spectogram, download the Goldwave program, the demo allows you to use it, it simple, just turn it on and than play the music...

It's freaking disturbing!

blood imp · September 22nd, 2007, 02:59 PM

Cool, thanks.
Anyway, I've spoken to my science class about this in a speed-of-light discussion. Even though 100 km/s is fast, he was extremely un-impressed, stating that it's "still not as fast".

Aliotroph? · September 22nd, 2007, 05:46 PM

That's because the speed of light is something like 2.99x10^5 km/s.

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Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	It's electric. You can power it with whatever you want but on a spacecraft it's probably gonna be fuel cells, radioisotope thermoelectric generators, real nuclear reactors or photovoltaic cells. Some solar sail concepts do indeed propose giant solar-powered lasers to push the sail, but you can use the sunlight for those too. This thing is just a fancy laser-powered thruster though. Pretty sweet stuff. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

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September 19th, 2007, 08:50 AM	#12
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	Both of them are equally easy to obtain; you go to the store and buy them. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

September 20th, 2007, 07:54 PM	#16
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	And then there were the nuclear engines: http://www.tfot.info/news/1006/mini-...the-stars.html and the antimatter engines: http://www.tfot.info/articles/33/new...ne-design.html __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

September 17th, 2007, 04:40 PM	#2
rustyslacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Some unclosed sector Posts: 4,663	How unnervingly Trek-esque..

September 17th, 2007, 04:47 PM	#3
Nomad Keen For Life Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Clinton, UT Posts: 6,253	Very cool. I didn't see anywhere, but what fuel is used for the energy? I've heard of similar things before that are powered more or less by a large solar "sail" that collects light with mirrors and focuses it to a single laser beam--I wonder if that is what this is a part of.

September 17th, 2007, 04:47 PM	#4
blood imp Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: HYPERPOWER! Posts: 1,793	Wheej!!!!!! This is a good thing. And it's pretty cool.

September 17th, 2007, 10:10 PM	#7
xbolt Commander Keen Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elsweyr Posts: 621	No, I'm sure that it runs on AA's. Or, perhaps a couple D's?

September 19th, 2007, 08:18 AM	#11
JohnnyRancid Commander Keen Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 628	AA's are a little more universal and easier to obtain.

September 20th, 2007, 04:37 PM	#14
BeTaNoL Commander Keen Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Friggin' Brazil! (now, friggin' Massachusetts!!) Posts: 208	Blood imp, that "the presence" scares teh shit outta me... i ran the spectogram in my pc and I saw it... pretty cool.. I want to hide my face within a music somehow.. but anyway, I dunno why but that image of that hand scares the shit outta me!

September 21st, 2007, 02:05 AM	#17
Pieter Enis Commander Keen Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Inside your head Posts: 2,825	'bout damn time they'd get started on that Something I saw yesterday on National Geographic: Sugar as a power source. Dunno if it was for laughs or not, but the idea seems interesting enough, next thing we know we'll be mass producing sugar beets and stuffing them into our jetpacks we got with a note saying "Sorry we're about 20 years late with these"!

September 22nd, 2007, 02:59 PM	#19
blood imp Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: HYPERPOWER! Posts: 1,793	Cool, thanks. Anyway, I've spoken to my science class about this in a speed-of-light discussion. Even though 100 km/s is fast, he was extremely un-impressed, stating that it's "still not as fast".

September 22nd, 2007, 05:46 PM	#20
Aliotroph? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The frozen wastes of Quan'ideery Posts: 9,097	That's because the speed of light is something like 2.99x10^5 km/s. __________________ Aliotroph.post_count++;

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