View Single Post
Old 2011-09-30, 02:47   Link #178
Vexx
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
*Author
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
Think of most rockets as unregulated diesel engined 18-wheeler heavy transport spewing crud, ash, soot, bits of metal, etc. Now think of total mass-energy conversion with hardly any residue... or solar sails... or laser sails... or rail guns... or space elevators... or back to closer reality, at least a much more efficient burn with lowered residue.
__________________
Vexx is offline   Reply With Quote