Comments on: Behind the Scenes & Under the Hood: Virtuality's Antimatter Spacecraft Engine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Antimatter: Coming Soon to a Warp Nacelle Near You? | Science Not Fiction | FEEDER http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2236 Antimatter: Coming Soon to a Warp Nacelle Near You? | Science Not Fiction | FEEDER Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:01:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2236 [...] antimatter had to be stored. The drives being researched by NASA would be very different from the antimatter pulse drive I wrote about previously, and would generate/use antimatter–to use a business term–on a “just in [...] [...] antimatter had to be stored. The drives being researched by NASA would be very different from the antimatter pulse drive I wrote about previously, and would generate/use antimatter–to use a business term–on a “just in [...]

]]> By: Antimatter: Coming Soon to a Warp Nacelle Near You? | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2235 Antimatter: Coming Soon to a Warp Nacelle Near You? | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2235 [...] antimatter had to be stored. The drives being researched by NASA would be very different from the antimatter pulse drive I wrote about previously, and would generate/use antimatter–to use a business term–on a “just in [...] [...] antimatter had to be stored. The drives being researched by NASA would be very different from the antimatter pulse drive I wrote about previously, and would generate/use antimatter–to use a business term–on a “just in [...]

]]> By: Traversing the Cosmos — With a Little Help from My Friends (Pt II) | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2234 Traversing the Cosmos — With a Little Help from My Friends (Pt II) | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:13:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2234 [...] they would “slingshot” around Neptune, out of the Solar System, and engage their Orion Drive to take them to Eridani. Approach Neptune another way, and they would be rerouted back home to [...] [...] they would “slingshot” around Neptune, out of the Solar System, and engage their Orion Drive to take them to Eridani. Approach Neptune another way, and they would be rerouted back home to [...]

]]> By: RevStarlust http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2233 RevStarlust Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:29:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2233 All the posts here are almost a year old but here goes a potential waste of energy! Lou was worried about radiation for manned exploration of interstellar space. If we used these fission fusion bomb drives Why couldn't we improve the exhaust speed with a magnetic bottle? We should have a huge excess of electrical power because if I designed such a craft it would be built in LEO and be the size of a battle ship or even better an aircraft carrier with many redundant reactors each with enough electrical generating power for a small city for life support and magnetic shields to supplement mass shields for cosmic radiation and domestic radiation created by the ship. I don't understand why we dont build small POC robotic ships today. All the posts here are almost a year old but here goes a potential waste of energy! Lou was worried about radiation for manned exploration of interstellar space. If we used these fission fusion bomb drives Why couldn’t we improve the exhaust speed with a magnetic bottle? We should have a huge excess of electrical power because if I designed such a craft it would be built in LEO and be the size of a battle ship or even better an aircraft carrier with many redundant reactors each with enough electrical generating power for a small city for life support and magnetic shields to supplement mass shields for cosmic radiation and domestic radiation created by the ship. I don’t understand why we dont build small POC robotic ships today.

]]> By: StephenBoston http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2232 StephenBoston Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:01:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2232 @Dale (#28): OK, I'm sure it's a joke and all, plus the link was dead, and I surely didn't understand the details, but... It sounds like you've managed to unify Relativity with Quantum Mechanics, then? (to "fulfill relativistic quantum physics" in "picoyoctometric detail" no less?) In that case, congratulations, Mr. Future Nobel Laureate! :) @Dale (#28): OK, I’m sure it’s a joke and all, plus the link was dead, and I surely didn’t understand the details, but…

It sounds like you’ve managed to unify Relativity with Quantum Mechanics, then? (to “fulfill relativistic quantum physics” in “picoyoctometric detail” no less?)

In that case, congratulations, Mr. Future Nobel Laureate! :)

]]> By: I’m Coming Out of the Closet – Why I Watch Sci Fi – Advocation.me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2231 I’m Coming Out of the Closet – Why I Watch Sci Fi – Advocation.me Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:32:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2231 [...] a plate attached the ship which propelled it forward to near light speed.  Yeah…that’s an actual theory that science says could really work.  In fact, we’ve practically got the technology to do [...] [...] a plate attached the ship which propelled it forward to near light speed.  Yeah…that’s an actual theory that science says could really work.  In fact, we’ve practically got the technology to do [...]

]]> By: Virtuality: Nasce morta uma grande série | Science Fiction BR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2230 Virtuality: Nasce morta uma grande série | Science Fiction BR Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:33:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2230 [...] dirigido por Peter Berg (Hancock), conta com atuações competentes, excelentes efeitos especiais e ciência de verdade por trás de muitos dos elementos apresentados. A bela Sienna Guillory como Rika [...] [...] dirigido por Peter Berg (Hancock), conta com atuações competentes, excelentes efeitos especiais e ciência de verdade por trás de muitos dos elementos apresentados. A bela Sienna Guillory como Rika [...]

]]> By: Dale B. Ritter, B.A. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2229 Dale B. Ritter, B.A. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:43:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2229 We should ask: why do fast moving objects gain mass? Or time pass more slowly in their volume? That may be answered by adding the relativistic Lorenz-Einstein transform functions together and data mapping that across the quantized wavefunctions for frequency and wavelength. This RQT (Relative Quantum Topological) analysis develops the picoyoctometric 3D animated video images of the force and energy fields of electromagnetic photons by inclusion of quantum symmetry numbers in their topological wavefunctions. This model displays spacons, chronons, and magnetic field elements as they react to conserve momentum and hence fulfill relativistic quantum physics. The flowing mechanics of Lorenz-Einstein relativity are visible there in picoyoctometric detail. Images of the h-bar magnetic energy waveparticle of ~175 picoyoctometers may be seen at http://www.symmecon.com. We should ask: why do fast moving objects gain mass? Or time pass more slowly in their volume? That may be answered by adding the relativistic Lorenz-Einstein transform functions together and data mapping that across the quantized wavefunctions for frequency and wavelength. This RQT (Relative Quantum Topological) analysis develops the picoyoctometric 3D animated video images of the force and energy fields of electromagnetic photons by inclusion of quantum symmetry numbers in their topological wavefunctions.
This model displays spacons, chronons, and magnetic field elements as they react to conserve momentum and hence fulfill relativistic quantum physics. The flowing mechanics of Lorenz-Einstein relativity are visible there in picoyoctometric detail. Images of the h-bar magnetic energy waveparticle of ~175 picoyoctometers may be seen at http://www.symmecon.com.

]]> By: Brian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2228 Brian Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:28:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2228 hmm, I don't remember antimatter being mentioned in Virtuality? I understood it to be the usual orion drive, using nuclear fission bombs. I actually don't like the idea the way they present it on the show, because they show it being done by a private company, I certainly hope the United States Armed Forces would not trust a private company to take proper care of thousands of nuclear weapons. If they were using the Orion Drive, the ship should have been USS Phaeton (military designation meaning "United States Ship", a commissioned Navy warship) not just Phaeton. The Mini Mag Orion concept would be better, where you have fissile material, eject it out the back of the craft, and use a magnetic field to confine it (achieving critical mass) until fission occurs. That way there is no nuclear weapon aboard the ship. Personally my favorite is VASIMR, it is a plasma drive that can use hydrogen. Then you can use your friendly neighborhood gas giant planet to refuel, and again, no nuclear weapons involved. :) Also I thought it was a little weird on the show that they were acting like the VR would be their only source of entertainment underway. What about movies, books, music, etc.? We get by that way on submarines with no problem. --Brian (former us navy submariner) hmm, I don’t remember antimatter being mentioned in Virtuality? I understood it to be the usual orion drive, using nuclear fission bombs.

I actually don’t like the idea the way they present it on the show, because they show it being done by a private company, I certainly hope the United States Armed Forces would not trust a private company to take proper care of thousands of nuclear weapons. If they were using the Orion Drive, the ship should have been USS Phaeton (military designation meaning “United States Ship”, a commissioned Navy warship) not just Phaeton.

The Mini Mag Orion concept would be better, where you have fissile material, eject it out the back of the craft, and use a magnetic field to confine it (achieving critical mass) until fission occurs. That way there is no nuclear weapon aboard the ship.

Personally my favorite is VASIMR, it is a plasma drive that can use hydrogen. Then you can use your friendly neighborhood gas giant planet to refuel, and again, no nuclear weapons involved. :)

Also I thought it was a little weird on the show that they were acting like the VR would be their only source of entertainment underway. What about movies, books, music, etc.? We get by that way on submarines with no problem.

–Brian (former us navy submariner)

]]> By: Arturo C http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2227 Arturo C Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/13/behind-the-scenes-under-the-hood-virtualitys-antimatter-spacecraft-engine/#comment-2227 Awsome! I was thinking about some like that but it's better to read it from somebody else. Thanx. Awsome!

I was thinking about some like that but it’s better to read it from somebody else.

Thanx.

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