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Old Dec 7th, 2010, 10:23 AM       
We're already in the corona maaaaaaaaaaaaan

And this looking for a propulsion that could move us at near the speed of light isn't going to go anywhere. Not anytime soon, at least. We don't have anything that efficient. Every time I think of it, I always get the thought of Wonkavision stuck in my head.
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Old Dec 7th, 2010, 02:16 PM       
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And this looking for a propulsion that could move us at near the speed of light isn't going to go anywhere. Not anytime soon, at least. We don't have anything that efficient.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2007/02/pho...ropulsion.html

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Photonic Laser Propulsion


Photonic Laser Propulsion has had a proof of concept demo it generated 35 micronewtons of thrust using mirrors that generated 3000 times amplification. The low power version would be great for position control of multiple satellites to nanometer precision.

UPDATE: It has been proposed that extremely small payloads (10 kg) could be delivered to Mars in only 10 days of travel time using laser-based lightsail caft (Meyer, 1984), but in order to do so, would require a 47 GW laser system. With 47,000 reflections then only a 1MW laser system would be needed. (fifty 20KW lasers). Scaling up 100 times would be able to deliver 1 ton payloads to Mars in ten days.
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Old Dec 7th, 2010, 02:26 PM       
I haven't seen that. :O That's not saying much, though.

I was talking more in the space travel sense, as in there won't be a manned space mission to Mars tomorrow. But them lightsails are awesome.
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Old Dec 7th, 2010, 04:45 PM       
Yep. Still speculative for now, but in principle it is possible. If you're interested in this subject, check out the book "Rocheworld" by Robert L. Forward. It's sci-fi, but the actual science behind the technology is sound. And much of what he assumes to be possible in the future has begun to already happen (genetic modification, AI, robotics).

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Old Dec 8th, 2010, 10:21 PM       
I burnt my back today. I'm just a mess.
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 10:27 AM       
Ouch!

At the risk of getting way too much info, how did it happen?
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 10:30 AM       
Most of my back is scar tissue, so I can't really feel how hot the hot water is in the shower. It just feels itchy. But then, hours later, it's still itchy and a little sore. Still is today, matter of fact.
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 12:23 PM       
Why is most of your back scar tissue?
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 12:49 PM       
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 12:54 PM       
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 01:05 PM       
Because he burned himself in the shower!

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Grafts were cut from my back as a kid.
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 01:14 PM       
What did you do that you needed grafts from your back? Did you get your arm caught in a drill press?
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 01:16 PM       
Burns on my feet when I was three.

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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 01:29 PM       
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Wiffy is right. In about a billion years or so we'll have a nova on our hands, and then what will we do?
UNTRUE. The sun will indeed become a white dwarf, but it's not part of a binary system and it won't become a nova since it won't have any mass to take from a companion star.

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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 01:32 PM       
BOOM. YOU JUST GOT SCIENCED.
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 03:40 PM       
it's probably going to expand into a red giant and engulf earth before it turns into a white dwarf though MAIN SEQUENCE, MOTHERFUCKERS
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Old Dec 9th, 2010, 03:44 PM       
OH MY SCIENCE!
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It's on the bottom half of the main sequence too omg
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UNTRUE. The sun will indeed become a white dwarf, but it's not part of a binary system and it won't become a nova since it won't have any mass to take from a companion star.
You engineering types are always slaves to the details.

In other news, this is what a solar system looks like when it's just getting started.

The first planet was imaged by the Keck Interferometer (I believe) over 3 years ago, and there are currently 4 total, with an asteroid belt and a Kuiper belt to boot. All bigger than Jupiter, but still pretty amazing stuff.

Wiffy probably knows all about it.
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Old Dec 14th, 2010, 04:38 PM       
http://gizmodo.com/5713498/man-officially-cured-of-hiv

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Old Jan 5th, 2011, 10:11 PM       
Nearly 6 1/2 years down, only 10 weeks to go. Messenger approaches ...

I will be extremely disappointed if they forgot to check if the units were consistent.
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Old Jan 10th, 2011, 10:34 PM       
It's not transparent aluminum yet, but the technology has to start somewhere.
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Old Jan 10th, 2011, 11:05 PM       
There is absolutely huge demand for developing reliable metal matrix composites, but I'm pretty sure they're expensive to process WHICH THEY NEGLECT TO MENTION

At least I think that's the whole hang-up with MMCs. It's like magic wizard material but it ain't cheap.
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