Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Don't forget your towel. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:55 PM H LV wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gu1p939a4 > Fritz Lang's 1929 vision of spaceflight. > > Wear a sweater! > > Harry > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:11 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > >> Oops. That was a different Robin. :) >>

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Robin
Hi, At half the speed of light, the kinetic energy of a Hydrogen molecule is in excess of 200 MeV. At that energy it isn't going to bounce off. It's going to embed itself in the hull material and deposit all its energy, thereby ablating the hull material, irrespective of its composition. Note

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread H LV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gu1p939a4 Fritz Lang's 1929 vision of spaceflight. Wear a sweater! Harry On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:11 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > Oops. That was a different Robin. :) > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:06 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > >> Indeed, Robin. First we must

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Robin
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 15:06:27 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Indeed, Robin. First we must overcome The Great Filter. 1) I think I have just finished providing at least one reason why Interstellar travel is limited. 2) I think there is actually lots of evidence of

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Oops. That was a different Robin. :) On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:06 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > Indeed, Robin. First we must overcome The Great Filter. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM Robin > wrote: > >> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:11:08 -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip]

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Indeed, Robin. First we must overcome The Great Filter. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM Robin wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:11:08 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] > >This is exactly why starships travel in subspace. > > ...se we revert to SciFi to maintain the dream,

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Robin
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:11:08 -0400: Hi, [snip] >This is exactly why starships travel in subspace. ...se we revert to SciFi to maintain the dream, rather than face reality? I think it's time we change the dream. We are not going to be leaving the Sol system

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Pity the re-re-make of "Dune" release date has been delayed from December 2020 to October of 2021. We will probably encounter the TOET by then. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:48 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > Ah, yes, the Stoned Ape Hypothesis. > > I have been studying the Novelty Time Wave Theory of

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Ah, yes, the Stoned Ape Hypothesis. I have been studying the Novelty Time Wave Theory of late. Melange is definitely required. :) On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:23 PM JonesBeene wrote: > Don’t you mean “folded space” ? > > > > That sniff has to do with the spice, IIRC > > > > *From: *Terry Blanton

RE: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread JonesBeene
Don’t you mean “folded space” ? That sniff has to do with the spice, IIRC From: Terry Blanton Robin wrote: > The real point I have been trying to make, is that space simply isn't empty >at long distances, so high speeds become > very difficult.  This is exactly why starships travel in

Re: [Vo]:Interstellar travel

2020-10-09 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:48 PM Robin wrote: > The real point I have been trying to make, is that space simply isn't empty at long distances, so high speeds become > very difficult. This is exactly why starships travel in subspace.