Man of Honour
Perhaps you should be more clear as to exactly what you mean.
I'm referring to the more recent findings that physorg reported on earlier this year:
http://www.physorg.com/news193551675.html
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Perhaps you should be more clear as to exactly what you mean.
I'm referring to the more recent findings that physorg reported on earlier this year:
http://www.physorg.com/news193551675.html
Soldato
I guess that depends on what you believe.
If nothing else, that would make for a good sci-fi plot.
Anyway, it's hard to imagine what will actually happen even ten years from now in terms of scientific advances. All it takes is one breakthrough and suddenly the game changes completely. Intergalactic journeys and time travel may well not be possible, certainly in our lifetimes, but that's not to say that we won't make huge steps in those areas.
Who said antimatter reactors will never be possible? LHC just made and store antimatter for the longest period ever, when it's destroyed with normal matter you get large energy release, it's sensible to assume at some point we will perfect this.
Also once we industrialise space the orion and other space ships become viable again, which can get us to a few stars.
Also once we industrialise space the orion and other space ships become viable again, which can get us to a few stars.
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Man of Honour
I guess that depends on what you believe.
If nothing else, that would make for a good sci-fi plot.
Anyway, it's hard to imagine what will actually happen even ten years from now in terms of scientific advances. All it takes is one breakthrough and suddenly the game changes completely. Intergalactic journeys and time travel may well not be possible, certainly in our lifetimes, but that's not to say that we won't make huge steps in those areas.
Yeah that's true, I guess what Daz was saying was that once you merely observe a particle in entanglement then the state of that particle has changed and is no longer entangled so a system needs to be in place because a particle cannot be re-used in the same way like that. A system that can verify a successful transmission and receipt of data between the entangled particles.
Information still can be sent (as has been proven in the paper posted in the physorg link) just not observed without disrupting the entanglement because observing the state of entanglement changes the state itself - At least based on current understanding anyway.
Soldato
Have you been drinking
?I am all for the industrialisation of space, but I do not think project Orion will even become viable (Project Orion anyway). We do seem to lack the push of getting to space at the moment. I personally think it should be a priority.
Why not? there's also the Daedalus design as well which is British. Which involves gas collection on Jupiter to make the nukes. Once we can mine and build in space, size of spaceship becomes more or less irrelevant.
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Soldato
Fair enough if it is built in space, but nukes themselves to get the beast into orbit? I doubt it would ever be made in its current form.
Just had a quick read of the Project Daealus, interesting. I know of project Orion, saw it on a documentary. Never know of the other.
I still do not think the current launch system will be allowed to happen. At least, not in the current world climate. Maybe when mankind is royally screwed in a few decades with no prospect of continuing life on earth . . . . . maybe.
Just had a quick read of the Project Daealus, interesting. I know of project Orion, saw it on a documentary. Never know of the other.
I still do not think the current launch system will be allowed to happen. At least, not in the current world climate. Maybe when mankind is royally screwed in a few decades with no prospect of continuing life on earth . . . . . maybe.
Man of Honour
A few decades?
