2012-09-18, 23:26 | Link #1222 | |
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Anyways, on a vaguely related note in other places where I've seen this news posted.. why does everyone assume that any races we'd encounter would have to be more advanced and peaceful than us? Hell any commercial space exploration gives me images of East India Trading Company all over again on a galactic scale, or the Spanish conquest of SA. We say we're better than that now, but I really wonder at times (especially when it comes to resources). That.. or what? we take some Prime Directive approach? Maybe we do find some new race, but they're just as likely to be less advanced than us as they are to be more advanced, same with being friendly. Also unless I remember incorrectly any new colonies off of Earth cannot be claimed by any one nation according to the space treaty, but it says nothing about corporations (which could be a little worrying with the way corporations seem to be taking an interest in space flight). Anyway in short, seems something that could be rife for exploitation. Either way its a big space out there, chances are we wouldn't find any other intelligent races if they did exist even if we could travel between solar systems right now just limited to our own galaxy.
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2012-09-18, 23:48 | Link #1223 |
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You got me.
From the way the article is given, it seems more focused on the implementation of the warp drive using the possibilities about bending the rules of thermodynamics, rather than focusing on the control of the release of energy, who is the thing that makes "warping" possible.
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2012-09-19, 00:13 | Link #1224 |
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Because you need a plan before you can try to find materials to make it work. If it took more energy than was even pratical, that no one is going to attempt to build it, so control and materials is moot. But if the energy needed can be made practical scale for use, than someone will try to make something to use the idea.
The theories of flight were around before the Wright Brothers flew. It just took a while to make something practical.
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2012-09-23, 15:58 | Link #1228 |
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Sci-Tech Daily: Room-Temperature Superconductivity Might Have Been Attained
The operative word being "Might". Still, if this does pan out to be a room-temperature superconductor, oh the TECHNOLOGY....
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2012-09-24, 04:14 | Link #1229 | |
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Until now they simply discovered magnetic fields in the material right after the material being exposed to an external magnetic field.
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2012-09-24, 21:43 | Link #1230 |
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How Video Game Statistics Could Transform War:
"U.S. soldiers could go into battle wearing "Google Glasses" that warn of exhaustion levels by changing their vision's tint from green ("optimal") to yellow or red ("danger"), said David Musgrave, a manager at the U.S. Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. Tank commanders and helicopter pilots might see a kill ratio for how many enemy vehicles they've destroyed compared to the rest of their unit, or even to the entire Army." See: http://news.yahoo.com/video-game-sta...202357842.html |
2012-09-24, 22:27 | Link #1231 | |
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2012-09-24, 23:30 | Link #1232 | |
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2012-09-25, 12:08 | Link #1237 |
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Elon Musk's new re-usable, hovering rocket ship in first test liftoff:
"On Friday, September 21, SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) took its first test flight hop from the company's rocket testing facility in McGregor, Texas. The short hop of approximately 6 feet is the first major milestone for Grasshopper, and a critical step toward a reusable first stage for SpaceX's proven Falcon 9 rocket ... Testing of Grasshopper continues, with the next big milestone - a hover at roughly 100 feet - expected in the next several months." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09..._initial_test/ |
2012-09-25, 21:19 | Link #1240 |
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I seem to recall seeing "self driing cars" in Disneyland's World of Tomorrow attraction...the one made from the mid-50s. The nuclear powered cars that ran in slot car like tracks that never ran into each other and never needed the driver to drive.
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