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Article #35688Re: New Spacecraft Concept
From: Joe Black
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
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TAKE YOUR RITALIN DUDE!!! TAKE YOUR RITALIIN!!!
pvel...@barney.net wrote:
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> 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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