http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:04:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206396 Clem Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:22:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206396 The boussard collector on a warp drive works in two ways it collects particles and is also part of the way space is warped so the magnetic drag is not the same as in normal space. And it is in relativistic mechanics belive it or not. The boussard collector on a warp drive works in two ways it collects particles and is also part of the way space is warped so the magnetic drag is not the same as in normal space. And it is in relativistic mechanics belive it or not.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206394 Clem Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:25:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206394 Electromagnetic phenomena is not confined to the speed of light if it is coming out of a sub space field or a time space field that is moving faster than light. Electromagnetic phenomena is not confined to the speed of light if it is coming out of a sub space field or a time space field that is moving faster than light.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206354 Clem Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:53:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206354 Deuterium has to be carried because as the ship goes faster it becomes easer to produce more antimatter and the warp coils need one on one to produce the gamma ray burst to power the warp coils and deuterium on earler ships where also used for fusion along with anti-protons as a supercharger. Deuterium has to be carried because as the ship goes faster it becomes easer to produce more antimatter and the warp coils need one on one to produce the gamma ray burst to power the warp coils and deuterium on earler ships where also used for fusion along with anti-protons as a supercharger.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206348 Clem Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:27:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206348 Sorry thats one milligram of matter in about 24 hrs at the speed of light with a 10 to 12 mile magnetic field. Sorry thats one milligram of matter in about 24 hrs at the speed of light with a 10 to 12 mile magnetic field.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206342 Clem Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:05:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206342 The atoms in interstellar space are about one atom every centimeter one in four helium and three in four hydrogen and one dust particle in a 100 centimeters this adds up to about one milligram of matter if a magnetic field goes out to about 10 to 12 miles wide moving at the speed of light. The bussard scoop is mostly used for mass energy conversion into mirror matter or production of antimatter. The atoms in interstellar space are about one atom every centimeter one in four helium and three in four hydrogen and one dust particle in a 100 centimeters this adds up to about one milligram of matter if a magnetic field goes out to about 10 to 12 miles wide moving at the speed of light. The bussard scoop is mostly used for mass energy conversion into mirror matter or production of antimatter.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206329 Clem Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:28:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206329 The warp plasma is some kind of k-particle mix The warp plasma is some kind of k-particle mix

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/comment-page-2/#comment-206323 Clem Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:20:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/27/in-which-i-bow-to-wil-wheatons-superior-intellect/#comment-206323 The spinning fan thing’s are spinning x-ray transmitters to power up the bussard scoop super carbon magnet in front of the nacells after the matter flow gets fast enough the proton flow powers the magnet the faster the ship goes the larger the field gets without useing any more of the ships power it does this by electron spin in the carbon The spinning fan thing’s are spinning x-ray transmitters to power up the bussard scoop super carbon magnet in front of the nacells after the matter flow gets fast enough the proton flow powers the magnet the faster the ship goes the larger the field gets without useing any more of the ships power it does this by electron spin in the carbon

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