oscarzoalaster
August 17th, 2008, 09:54 PM
What if the 'Dean Drive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Drive)' really worked?
Suppose that in the late 1950's there are rumors about a 'reactionless thruster', and in 1962 a working model of an 'anti-gravity craft' is unveiled by Norman L. Dean, William O. Davis and G. Harry Stine. It is electrically powered, and nearly 100% of the electricity going in to the device becomes velocity. (It becomes more energy efficient to have an internal combustion engine running a generator than it is to burn the fuel in a jet. Faster too, and less trouble with turbulance.)
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions or Assumptions?
Suppose that in the late 1950's there are rumors about a 'reactionless thruster', and in 1962 a working model of an 'anti-gravity craft' is unveiled by Norman L. Dean, William O. Davis and G. Harry Stine. It is electrically powered, and nearly 100% of the electricity going in to the device becomes velocity. (It becomes more energy efficient to have an internal combustion engine running a generator than it is to burn the fuel in a jet. Faster too, and less trouble with turbulance.)
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions or Assumptions?