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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:21 PM Original message |
Question for a rocket scientist or an MITstudent: |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't qualify, but you'd have to travel East and somehow counter gravity and static inertia. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Traveling east is only advantageous when you're going into space. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes, that's the box I was thinking in. I'm hoping there is something I |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. But what if you could counter both gravity and and the inertia that keeps us spinning? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. We do have some substances that are able to escape gravity. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Right, but that's a middleman I was thinking might be bypassed. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. What is a white noise generator? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sound is a type of waveform. A wave can be cancelled by combining it with a mirror image of itself. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. White noise is sound at all frequencies |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. There's No Evidence That Gravity Is A Wave |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Isn't that kinda like a fish saying that "air" escapes gravity... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. A poetic mind, trying to work physics. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. will there be a backlash for outing backlash? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That all depends, |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. When someone figures out how to turn off gravity, he or she will rule the world. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not for a very very very very very very long time. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm neither |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well, let's assume there are UFOs out there. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Assuming aliens exist |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. "Not difficult to baffle radar" |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Well |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. The winds would be fearsome |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's what I'm thinking. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't qualify as either, but I have read of a space elevator concept, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "Space elevator" I LIKE that!! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yes, here is a link and column, there are others as well |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Too cool. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yea, that would be cool |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Geosynchronous Airports? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I just wonder, how far can a rocket be pulled up by a helium Zephr, |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Yeah, the geosynchronous altitude (Clarke Belt) is 22,000 miles up. |
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BrewerJohn (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Won't work |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. How do we get that rotation to work for us? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. We don't |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Well, today we can bend light. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. Which means |
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SquireJons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. "You can't break the laws of physics because if you can..." |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. There's a reason most rockets are launched from as close to the equator as possible... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I could picture what you said. Nice details. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Here's an interesting little factoid for you... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Is this the slingshot effect? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Yep... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I didn't know about that space highway. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Well, there is no such thing as a PERFECT vacuum... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Yup. That's Why If You Throw An Object Westward It Will Go Further Then If Thrown Eastward. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. So, if you're playing soccer, it's always a good idea to know which |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Sorry, I Have To Edit Above. Just Realized I Reversed It. You Want To Throw West, Not East. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. I think we're talking about the Coriolis acceleration, aren't we? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. It's really quite simple. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Technically, anything going west already does that... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. The darned atmosphere moves along with the earth. |
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not_a_robot (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm not even smart but, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Definitely a ship made stronger than steel, but of very light weigh |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Orient Express |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Hmm...sounds like the exhaust would be a better alternative to |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. Uh, the "obstacles" would be a little inconvenience known as "physics." |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. That's the box we're trying to break out of. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Nah. the laws of physics are a strong enough box that you're NOT going to break out of it. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. "There's no secret anti-gravity drive for rockets." |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Hey, on DU we live for the chance to budge an immovable object. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not Physically Possible Unless You Go Into Orbit And Re-Enter, Like We Do Already. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Actually, that doesn't have a thing to do with it... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Ummmm, Buddy, That's Why You'd Have To Escape The Atmosphere And Then Re-Enter. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. That doesn't have anything to do with it when it comes to motion relative to the Earth's surface... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Listen Dude, No Fucking Shit. I'm Not Sure What You're Not Getting Here. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Well, it really doesn't matter if we go into space or not... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. The only time we can effectively use the motion of the rotation of the Earth... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
65. Sounds like a 'rotovator' bolo, a sort of variation on the space elevator concept. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
66. Physics |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
69. I used to think things like this as a kid. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I had a deprived childhood. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Is that another planet? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Second star to the right, and sail until the morning. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I love you Peter Pan. Let's go to Neverland. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
72. I did something like that on peyote. |
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