> From: [email removed]
> Subject: (2719) Re: Re: Re: Re: High Speed Projectiles
>
> Boy, when I start something I really start something...
> Ok, look. We already know that traveller drives by definition (reactionless)
> violate conservation of energy. Any and all ships using what ever drive
> you like (fusion flame, grav, thruster) that are designed in the trav
> system will violate conservation of energy because they were written by
> and designed by someone who never thought of this idea and never thought
> anyone else ever would. We have gone off the board. Here there be Dragons.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not merely Crested Jabberwocks? (Sorry, I couldn't resist it:)
> But if we impose conservation of energy then all the trav engines will come
> tumbling down like the house of cards they are.
> You can't say "conservation of energy applies here, but not over there."
> If conservation of energy holds at .1 C then it holds for lower speeds as
> well. so Dur=2. In order for trav to work Dur should be more than that.
Well, I admit that half the reasoning behind my ardent push for fusion
rockets only existed in my mind, but here it is:
If we give the ships engines that require much larger amounts of energy, and
also give them plants that give much larger amounts of energy, we will start
getting scoutships all over relativity with the problems that cause. So the
solution would be something that would limit the maximum speed to manageable
levels and yet not inhibit acceleration.
My proposed something is (non-reaction-less, isn't that a double negation?:)
reactive thrusters with a exhaust velocity of some nice figure, because that
velocity will (I think, what do any *real* physicists out there say) limit
the speed of the ships.
> Scott S. Kellogg
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PS: "For any task, there exists a Vargr insane enough to try it, if it will mean
increased charisma.", Proof of this is that there is a Vargr sociologist in
on of my campaigns that is trying to write a thesis about the Roth Thokken:)
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