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- Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
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Re: Mach Effect progress
I'm perfectly aware of the law. I'm a screenwriter. And this is the third time now, in very recent days, you have been a pain in my ass for no reason. Knock that shit off. Ron, given that you said you're recruiting, your reluctance to credit other people's work (even when you think it's great stuff...
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
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Re: Mach Effect progress
Using art and photos: How copyright law appliesGIThruster wrote:Then they should put signatures or watermarks on. They have them posted up as is and unless one tries to make cash with them, that's fair use.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:50 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
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Re: Mach Effect progress
I like them. It would be good to see David Demaret and Maxim Revin credited for their work.GIThruster wrote:I'm curious no one has said a thing about the art work. It's not mine, but I just think it is great stuff.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:32 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
- Views: 1473749
Re: Mach Effect progress
In 1347, a ship visiting Markland (America) from the Viking settlement in Greenland lost its anchor and was blown as far as Straumfjord in Iceland. The Icelandic Annals describe it like this in Old-Norse: "Þa kom di skp af Grænlandi/minna at vexti enu sma Islandz fór. Þat kom i Straum/fjord inn yttr...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:27 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
- Views: 1473749
Re: Mach Effect progress
Ron, I'm not trying to have an argument with you - I'm trying to broaden your perspective.
Columbus had a magnetic compass and a knowledge of the trade winds which allowed him to reliably sail both ways across the Atlantic. He also had a commercial sponsor with enough finance to fund repeat voyages.
Columbus had a magnetic compass and a knowledge of the trade winds which allowed him to reliably sail both ways across the Atlantic. He also had a commercial sponsor with enough finance to fund repeat voyages.
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:26 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
- Views: 1473749
Re: Mach Effect progress
"The first European crossing of the Atlantic that we know about was made by Columbus and took a month." This is entirely correct. So where's the beef? Your use of the word "we" is controversial, since you cannot possibly be speaking for all your readers. A note on where medieval Basque fishermen ca...
- Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:35 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
- Replies: 2707
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Re: Mach Effect progress
The folks who skirted around the edges, or crossed from West Africa were not out at sea for a month at a time. All the early European crossings were at sea for a month at a time. BTW, if you read Barry Fell's book America B.C., you'll see that there were ancient Phoenicians who sailed up the Missis...
- Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:58 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
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- Views: 1473749
Re: Mach Effect progress
Not really PR so much as HR. Second installment: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/space-sucks-other-reasons-make-your-family-fun-time-ron-stahl Not too sure about the first paragraph, even with the qualification discounting the Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows. An alternative view: Columbus Was (Not...
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Paul Allen’s six-engine Stratolaunch
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Re: Paul Allen’s six-engine Stratolaunch
Cool idea...KitemanSA wrote:I wonder if this can be augmented with a kite-launch stage?
- Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:37 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: NASA returning to NERVA?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 32574
Re: NASA returning to NERVA?
Ah. but the petro-carbon boys deliver actual wealth. The Watermelons deliver negative wealth. Since this is a thread about the potential consequences of fission power in space, and since you've mentioned Watermelons, here's a quote from James Delingpole: Imagine if it didn’t matter one jot how big ...
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:36 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Juno Earth Flyby Anomaly Results Gone Dark
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- Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:28 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Well he's not Zefram Cochrane, but...
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Re: Well he's not Zefram Cochrane, but...
No snide comments from me on this project. I applaud amateur science, and this one smells a little like some other work I've heard of. Specifically, electromagnetic effects getting past a Faraday cage, especially repulsive effects. I've seen a small scale, ultra-low-force demonstration of it. Durin...
- Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:15 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Mach Effect progress
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Re: Mach Effect progress
I've just made my third pass at Keith Wanser's paper above on variable mass and again enjoyed it very much--at least those parts I can understand. One thing continues to intrigue me. This quote by Maxwell to Tait, what do you suppose it means? "I don't know how to apply laws of motion to bodies of ...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possible?
- Replies: 38
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Re: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possibl
Drag losses are minor at 40,00 feet, for low Mach speeds, but not at sea level. Even at 40,000 feet the drag will melt aircraft wings at 3-4 Mach if given enough time. Not sure where 40,000 feet came from. 40 km is over 130,000 feet - slightly lower than the Helium balloon that Google exec Alan Eus...
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:18 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possible?
- Replies: 38
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Re: Is a Purely magnetic (NO CABLING) Space elevator possibl
Not sure why you would (very expensively) fight your way up to 40 km when a few thousand cubic metres of Helium will do the job for you... Its not about the altitude, but the speed. Altitude does not change much. You can optimize the nozzle for vacuum and stuff like that, which helps, but that's ab...