earlwooters
Active Member
Look up this on the internet carefully. Where does antimatter fit into the religious skeme of things?
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That's interesting news. I'm not sure if it fits into religion.
earlwooters
Active Member
I'm sure that as the technology develops some religious people will put it into the catagory of the Devil or the Antichrist simply because it is so powerful and mysterious.
silvermoon383
Well-Known Member
Don't know about a door to the Bizzaro world, but it does bring us 1 step closer to warp drive.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Yeah, just walk through the doors of any church.
kai
ragamuffin
or any local council office in the UK or the houses of parliament.
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Even if we play by the rules (ye cannae break the laws o' physics, Cap'm.
), we still get somewhere:Valkyrie Starship - Slower Than Light - Atomic Rockets
silvermoon383
Well-Known Member
Engyo
Prince of Dorkness!
Depends on whether or not you are a Trekkie, doesn't it?
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Unfortunately, Mr. Cameron's ability to tell a story is a lot better than his grasp of economics. I can't see us gallivanting among the stars any time soon, since the energies and times you need are far too great. We can't even muster up the resources to get a manned mission to Mars, and that's orders of magnitude closer and easier than even Alpha Centauri.
Yerda
Veteran Member
Where is this news?
On a somewhat related topic, has anyone heard the claims that Chinese physicists to have maintained a fusion reaction for a sustained period?
silvermoon383
Well-Known Member
Our not having reached Mars is a politics issue, not a tech one. If NASA and the other agencies were allowed to finish a project before the new administration cancelled them and were given adequate budgets to complete their work then it'd be a done deal.
I only mentioned the ISV because it's another example of an antimatter powered vessel. I really don't appreciate everyone poopooing all of my points of reference.
I only mentioned the ISV because it's another example of an antimatter powered vessel. I really don't appreciate everyone poopooing all of my points of reference.
Engyo
Prince of Dorkness!
Sadly, 'tis the nature of internet discussion fora.
Engyo
Prince of Dorkness!
Two points occur to me:
First, the US's current love-hate relationship with science has allowed others to take the forefront of scientific achievement away from us (Europe in this case).
Second, how soon before someone starts figuring out ways to weaponize this discovery?
First, the US's current love-hate relationship with science has allowed others to take the forefront of scientific achievement away from us (Europe in this case).
Second, how soon before someone starts figuring out ways to weaponize this discovery?
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
It's a bit of a technical one as well, or at least, a human factor one. AFAIK, we don't know for sure that a human will survive 6 months in zero-G and isolation without going bonkers.
I thought you meant that because the ISV design is a few storytelling handwaves away from the Valkyrie design.
(Though I don't suppose you've met the Avatar... for want of a better word, fundies? They'll put you off far more than we ever will.)
What use is a bomb that explodes after 20 minutes? It's not as though a particle accelerator is field-portable.Engyo said:
Engyo
Prince of Dorkness!
Last year it only lasted for milliseconds. This year it's 20 seconds. At this rate of progression, it should be useful in weapons within the decade, I would imagine.
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Anyway, even if you get a viable antimatter bomb, that's just a nuke-but-bigger, with all the political implications attached.