Re: Michio Kaku on FTL Travel
what I like about the theoretical physicist, Hal Puthoff is that he has one foot on the ground. I'm not sure that Dr. Kaku has either foot on the ground. For one thing, If you somehow managed to liberate that sort of energy, how would you channel it? then there is the phenomena of education not making you a good person, it just makes you an educated barbarian. The first realistic attempt to analyze extra-terrestrial >Type I: this civilization harnesses the energy output of an entire planet. >
Michio Kaku on FTL Travel
He has many good articles. http://www.mkaku.org/articles/physics_of_space_travel.shtml Excerpt: "The first realistic attempt to analyze extra-terrestrial civilizations from the point of view of the laws of physics and the laws of thermodynamics was by Russian astrophysicist Nicolai Kardashev. He based his ranking of possible civilizations on the basis of total energy output which could be quantified and used as a guide to explore the dynamics of advanced civilizations: Type I: this civilization harnesses the energy output of an entire planet. Type II: this civilization harnesses the energy output of a star, and generates about 10 billion times the energy output of a Type I civilization. Type III: this civilization harnesses the energy output of a galaxy, or about 10 billion time the energy output of a Type II civilization."
