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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    But which is more likely: will man listen to the voice of caution, or continue to strain even more to hear the faint whispers that come back from the dark at CERN? (dun - dun - dun) "In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire...
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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    Would this be a bad time to mention antimatter? :biggrin: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/antimatter_spaceship.html
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    Gravitational Variances in Space

    Ahhh - no. "Coasting" implies you took your foot of the gas and are in the process of deceleration. Coasting as defined by motor's control training: "The natural rate of deceleration of a motor when the power is removed. Coasting is the simplest deceleration method."...
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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    WOW! Your grandpa knew about Helium 3 fusion prototypes being built before even Nuclear was on the block? Einstein must have been jealous. PLUS you got a time machine! Dang you da man - let me guess your ancestors were from Nibiru right?
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    Gravitational Variances in Space

    No not "coasting," constant speed after achieving the desired speed to perform the test. Thank you for responding
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    Gravitational Variances in Space

    Yale University: "There is increasing evidence that galaxies and supermassive black holes form and evolve together, exerting mutual feedback that governs the galaxy dynamics and the black hole mass. During their growth phase, supermassive black holes are readily visible as Active Galactic...
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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/pdf/wcsar9304-1.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/leag/DecadalHelium3.pdf Prototype Reactor: "A commercial fusion reactor has never been built, but a prototype called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has just begun construction in...
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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    LOL .. yeah, I was trying to blend in so I could ask a Sci-Fi question :) But nations are seriously considering this in the near future: http://www.explainingthefuture.com/helium3.html
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    Can We Achieve .99c for Interstellar Travel?

    I know that your goal is speed; but what about slow and steady? What if Helium 3 could be used as a fuel source, and plotting courses to moons with robotic mining missions that would set up robotic mining colonies - no humans. These "colonies" would be the galaxtic "gas stations" for future...
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    Gravitational Variances in Space

    Hello, Once free of a planet's gravity, isn't one then subject to the primary force that governs that galaxy (ex. the massive black hole in the center of the Milky Way), in addition to the one that governs its solar system? What are the numerical values of these forces? Variances would occur...
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    Can Wormholes Enable Safe Space Travel Despite Their Limitations?

    Thank you all for responding. RE: ryan_m_b, Not the BH producing exotic matter, but collecting it. My question is if a wormhole was near a BH, the possibility of the WH eventually becoming stable enough to pass through (not to collapse on the traveller who enters it); because of the BH...
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    Can Wormholes Enable Safe Space Travel Despite Their Limitations?

    http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/bhwi_gif.html
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    Can Wormholes Enable Safe Space Travel Despite Their Limitations?

    "Black holes cannot "open up". Once an event horizon has formed that is it until the whole thing is evaporated thanks to Hawking radiation, adding more mass just grows the black hole." I was referring to the Black Hole providing the 'exotic matter' for the wormhole to maintain open its...
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    Can Wormholes Enable Safe Space Travel Despite Their Limitations?

    sorry I should have stated earlier I'm not a scientist, I'm a would be fiction writer - could this be a workable idea in Sci-Fi?
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