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Re: New Spacecraft Concept

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From: Joe Black
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
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TAKE YOUR RITALIN DUDE!!! TAKE YOUR RITALIIN!!!

pvel...@barney.net wrote:

> This article was posted using an unregistered copy of Newsgroup AutoPoster 95!
> ---
>           I have a physics degree and I know how to use classical physics to build a non-nuclear
>  device which can store very large quantities of energy of the order of magnitude of
>  10exp13 Joules, up to perhaps as much as 10exp15 Joules. One can use such a device to
>  power a high power electric rocket engine (heat/accelerate plasma by EM such as
>  microwave). The jackasses at NASA are calling this kind of engine "Ion Drive" in a pathetic
>  attempt to latch on to the popularity of "Star Trek," but if one is going to use ST terminology
>  the correct term is "Impulse Engine."
>          The point is that we only have one physical method for propulsion in space, conservation
>  of momentum.   An electric engine can radically increase the velocity of propellant ("external
>  velocity") beyond the measly 3km/s of chemical rockets. The so-called "Deep Space One"
>  has an external velocity around 100km/s. I'm confident that a high power engine can increase
>  that to 300km/s or more. P=mv. Increase v, reduce m. My concept can reduce the mass of
>  propellant down from the 75% of chemical rockets to only about 6%, even allowing for return
>  under power which is impossible with chemical rockets for obvious reasons. This means
>  radically lowering the cost per pound of payload (to less than $2/lb with conservative
>  assumptions) and at the same time radically increasing the maximum payload (at least
>  100,000kg). Conversely the reduced mass of propellant means that one can increase the
>  range, speed, and complexity of missions by carrying extra propellant instead of payload.
>          Another important feature of my concept is that my energy storage device can recharge
>  with energy from the Sun, allowing the spacecraft to operate indefinitely within the inner solar
>  system (as long as the increased supply of propellant lasts).
>          The bottom line is that I know how to build the first practical means of transportation into
>  space: a fully reusable, one-piece vehicle which can undertake long and complex voyages
>  with little planning (because of it's reduced need for propellant and ability to draw energy
>  from the Sun etc.). I know how to build the steam engine of the space age. This technology
>  will open up space in the same way that the steam engine opened up the Earth in the 19th
>  century.
>          I want to be the Cecil Rhodes of space. In a just world this thing should make me the
>  richest person in history. I'm willing to give away every aspect of it except for one:
>  extraterrestrial tourism and mining. If I can't have that I'm going to make this thing a curse for
>  America. Before I kill myself I'm going to make sure that all the enemies of America have it,
>  including the Chinese. All of the Earth's resources will be exhausted by the end of the next
>  century. Whomever controls space will ultimately control the Earth. The Chinese have the will
>  to drive tanks over children. They will prevail.
>          There's no question that it works. I just don't have the $100 million to build one. I have a
>  lot of personal problems and this is the final straw. I'm 32, I've never had sex, and I'm bankrupt.
>  I thought of this concept several years ago. I haven't done anything about it because I've
>  never believed for a moment that I would be able to get what I want and deserve from the
>  product of my own genius. This is not a world that respects creativity. It only respects brute
>  force and the prerogatives of the establishment. Very well. If I'm not able to prosper then it will
>  be the most brutal and vicious country that does.
>
>         To respond go to my website to get my email address:
>                    http://home.earthlink.net/~crkrause/index.htm
>
> P.S. If you don't like it blame the Swedes who wrote this damn Autoposter program.
>
> ---
>
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From: Joe Black <J...@hello.com>
Subject: Re: New Spacecraft Concept
Date: 1998/11/28
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