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4/10/2013 3:24:55 PM
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Scientists invent Impulse Drive
Suddenly Star Trek in 150 years doesn't sound that farfetched...
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16 RepliesEdited by M37h3w3: 4/10/2013 3:29:08 PMIt's a dam shame that our public education system is so broken that next generation lacks the scientists capable of engineering these feats. It's a dam shame that everyone is so worried about a person who's only talent was getting caught having sex on a camera.
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[quote]There are several problems that the researchers need to solve before they are ready to launch the engine. [b]They need the fusion to be self-sustaining[/b][/quote] Uhh, that's a much larger problem than they let on.
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1 Replyexcept for the fact star trek relies on a time warping bubble generation field to literally move through time and space...
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At first I thought it was something that would give people the impulse to do things. I think I'm just stupid though.
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Ya know, hearing this phrase outside of a sci-fi film makes me think you're talking about a pneumatic fist
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4 Replies[quote]Suddenly Star Trek in 150 years doesn't sound that farfetched...[/quote] I think that would be possible if we could find enough iron/steel/other materials to make space ships faster and easier. However, actually exploring space is a different story, with the nearest star being about 4 light years from here (about 5,878,625,000,000*4.2 ~24,690,225,000,000 miles). We would need a way to create wormholes in order to greatly decrease travel time. But the impulse engine sounds wonderful.
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Peer review or GTFO :D
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3 RepliesWe already have a perfectly good xenon ion drive that can reach similar speeds (albeit over a really long period), we don't really this drive right now. If the scientists are that desperate though, they should probably contribute their efforts towards making fusion feasible before going off on this tangent.
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1 ReplyApril 5th, 2063 will happen! Have faith!
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I just drooled a little.
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3 RepliesI'm calling bologna. They are claiming the engine puts out more energy than it takes to run, which is impossible. Plus, what they are talking about is fusion, if someone was even remotely close to sustainable fusion, this news would be everywhere.
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inb4obligatory YEAH SCIENCE post
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Cool!
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Edited by Obi Wan Stevobi: 4/10/2013 7:57:42 PM[quote]There are several problems that the researchers need to solve before they are ready to launch the engine. [b]They need the fusion to be self-sustaining[/b], and also they have to find a way to focus the resulting explosion in the required direction away from the spaceship, probably by using magnetic nozzle.[/quote] That's a much bigger problem than a half sentence dedicated to it lets on.
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[quote]Suddenly Star Trek in 150 years doesn't sound that farfetched...[/quote] Well, I reckon that this is based off Star Trek rather than Star Trek predicting the future but I thought that it was unrealistic... I was wrong. [i][b][u]NOTHING IN SCIENCE IF "OFFLIMITS"!!!!! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE![/b][/u][/i] *Ahem* Yeah.
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I say 50 years until this is feasible.
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16 RepliesEdited by Milo Mills Auto: 4/10/2013 3:27:41 PMWe have found many ways to reach FTL. It's just a matter of money.... Instead of spending and workin together to advance humanity, we are saying "Stop liking what I hate!"
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1 ReplyAll of my wat. Pretty sure there's some major detail they aren't telling us; this would be too damn excessively important to not be published [i]everywhere[/i]. Is this like E3 where they show us scripted gameplay they hope will be like regular gameplay when the game's actually finished?
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3 RepliesThe impulse engine can reach a speed of 62,600 mph. What's the acceleration?
