Originally posted by dacis2
then wouldn't flying thru a nebula clog up the intakes or does it have filters too?
Space nebulas consist mainly of hydrogen.
Originally posted by dacis2
then wouldn't flying thru a nebula clog up the intakes or does it have filters too?
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
Wing Commander's ramscoops are electronically generated fields that tunnel hydrogen into a ships intakes.
Originally posted by Talyn 83
FTL is a problem. A professor of mine put it this way a couple of days ago: "We know that the speed of light here, in earth's lower atmosphere, is slightly (very minutely) different from light speed in space. Why then is it so unthinkable for the academic society to accept the fact that we probably will someday be able to generate a field that elevates the speed of light to such an extent that the infinite mass and infinite energy problem is no longer a problem."
But the guy is considered kind of a nutcase by most students. (but I, believe him, and like him too. He's the only one bold enough to speak his mind)
But then again, I'm a nutcase too.
Originally posted by AzraeL
I would imagine he meant energy of a million tonnes of TNT. Since the speed of light is approximately 300,000,000m/s, a particle of 1 gram travelling at 1/4 the speed of light has a kinetic energy of 5,625,000,000,000 Joules (i.e. 15,625,000kWh or enough energy to run a 100W lightbulb for 1782 years). For comparison, this is over 5 times more energy than was released by an atomic bomb dropped on Bikini island in 1946.