New Scientist on space travel

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I first read about the hyperdrive through the scotsman article. Otherwise I'm not at all familiar with it.
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..... hyperdrive motors and ion propulsion. Seems we will get there one day.


Great read riddla, thankyou :icon14:
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riddla wrote:On a semi-related note, Euros just tested an improved ion drive:

http://www.physorg.com/news9786.html
Funny thing, wonder why it took so long to decide to move the grids farther away from each other. I thought about that as I was reading about the particles hitting the second grid and deteriorating it. :smirk: They may be super educated scientists and shit, but sometimes I wonder about their common sense.
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True, true. Not likely to change anytime soon I'm sure.
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Don't get me wrong though, I'm fascinated by what's been/being done. It's amazing. Just sometimes you could just slap the silly fuckers. I mean come on, forgetting a lens? Bet that poor bastard got fired over that shit.
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Yup, was a while back.
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riddla wrote:
scourge34 wrote:Yup, was a while back.
well, speaking of lenses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Spa ... wed_mirror
Ah well, I knew it was something with the lens. Btw, I remember watching one of the moon landings when I was a wee child.
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riddla wrote:Anyone else here subscribe to the print magazine?

The article this week on Hyperdrive for space travel is quite excellent.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fun ... 1.200.html

Article is from this issue.
interesting stuff indeed. they didn't say where the energy to make this happen is supposed to come from, but i guess by the time anything actually gets built we'll have fusion reactors that run off our own faeces
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w3rd
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very cool - paradigm shift round the corner anyone?
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Aliens? That thread was a few days ago.
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I'll be sure to tell the next alien I see that you think quite highly of them.
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Just the way I like it.
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That was a really interesting article. Hopefully their tests go well.
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