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just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:38 am
by callmeslick
....but, sums up reality quite well:
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Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:10 am
by Spidey
Try to remember that ship is a fantasy.

Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:24 am
by callmeslick
you think so? Just watch, and frankly, if you think its a fantasy, you haven't been paying attention.

Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:13 am
by woodchip
Well my reply is a pro/con to slicks OP. The con is the wagon might hold us but isn't and the start to some kind of real space engine is in the works:
After years of speculation, a maverick research team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center has reached a milestone that many experts thought was impossible. This week, the team formally published their experimental evidence for an electromagnetic propulsion system that could power a spacecraft through the void—without using any kind of propellant.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016 ... e-science/

Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:25 am
by callmeslick
some geek I know pointed me to that article, too. Mind-blowing stuff.

Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:34 am
by woodchip
I think one has to take with a grain of salt, when a expert says something is impossible. I have to wonder how many other impossible things are waiting to be discovered. And yes, the linked engine is truly a amazing item. Could open up the exploration and colonization of the solar system.

Re: just a meme...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:54 am
by Grendel
Firefly.