http://www.bloggernews.net/12432 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/12432#comment-2002452 flyboy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/12432#comment-2002452 I fail to envision any way mankind will ever visit another star system, at least in the physical sense. Propelling a one ton object to 1/10th light speed requires at least 125 billion MWH of power! Factor in the thousands of times the weight...and it does not matter what method of power you use. Oh...when you get half way there or more, one has to slow down, that could require more power than the first part of the journey. No way...ever I fail to envision any way mankind will ever visit another star system, at least in the physical sense.
Propelling a one ton object to 1/10th light speed requires at least 125 billion MWH of power! Factor in the thousands of times the weight…and it does not matter what method of power you use.
Oh…when you get half way there or more, one has to slow down, that could require more power than the first part of the journey.
No way…ever

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/12432#comment-1174705 star kid Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:51:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/12432#comment-1174705 I really think we will even in our grandkids time and I am 30. I really think we will even in our grandkids time and I am 30.

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