Haha! I am sure you and everyone else is right but I really want the puppeteer drive in my star ship in a few years!
Bob On Aug 5, 2014 1:09 PM, "Martin Davidoff" <mdavidof...@gmail.com> wrote: > Our friends in DL have the perfect word for this: Wunschdenken (wishful > thinking about an impossibility). > > It may be time to start some new scientific/engineering publications -- > The Journal of Premature Publication; > The Journal of Retractions and Corrections. > > k2ubc > > > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Alan <wa4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Non-Newtonian reactionless drives have been a staple in science fiction, > > and the goal to make space > > travel truly practical. Probably the most famous was the "Dean Drive" > > which was a purely mechanical > > attempt. The thrust claimed has always turned out to be some quirk, > > usually obvious after the fact, > > in the measurement process. (Recall that the data showing faster than > > light particles at CERN was > > traced to a faulty cable connection.) I have no doubt that will turn out > > to be the case here as well. > > Some of the science blogs are already working through some of the > > possibilities. > > > > Of course, I would like nothing better than to be proved wrong. A > > constant .05 g acceleration makes > > the solar system, in point of time, the size the earth was in the 16th > > century. (If I remember a late > > night bull session in graduate school correctly.) > > > > 73s, > > > > Alan > > WA4SCA > > > > > > <-----Original Message----- > > <From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > > Behalf Of Robert McGwier > > <Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 5:55 PM > > <To: amsat bb > > <Subject: [amsat-bb] NO EJECTION MASS Propulsion > > < > > <I hope they aren't wrong because they clearly don't understand how it > > <works!!! > > < > > <http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140006052 > > < > > <Bob > > <N4HY > > < > > < > > < > > <-- > > <Bob McGwier > > <Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC > > <Professor Virginia Tech > > <Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY > > <Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) > > <_______________________________________________ > > <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > > <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > <Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
