French Starship

Hello,

I'm told by a visiting french scientist years ago that a klystron based
nuclear powered photon rocket, launched about 1970, would have arrived in
the Banard Star system by now. The object was a flyby with a camera and
specrum of planets, there are at least three.

The telemetry is very slow owing to the huge distance the signal has to
travel and the low power of the transmitter. I think it used morse code
with data sent as asci hex. Sent several times to give redundancy.

It spiraled out of the earth's orbit over several years and eventually
spiraled out of the sloar orbit with a low but sustained acceleation with a
possible top speed of 1/5 volcity of light.

Chris.

Chris wrote:
Hello,

I'm told by a visiting french scientist years ago that a klystron based
nuclear powered photon rocket, launched about 1970, would have arrived in
the Banard Star system by now. The object was a flyby with a camera and
specrum of planets, there are at least three.

The telemetry is very slow owing to the huge distance the signal has to
travel and the low power of the transmitter. I think it used morse code
with data sent as asci hex. Sent several times to give redundancy.

It spiraled out of the earth's orbit over several years and eventually
spiraled out of the sloar orbit with a low but sustained acceleation with a
possible top speed of 1/5 volcity of light.

Chris.




France does not have a Scientist.

LOL, but they do like Jerry Lewis. Maybe this guys was a comedian after
all...

France does not have a Scientist.

Nonesense.

The French have built and tested a hydrogen bomb that does not use an atomic
bomb for ignition.

There are rumors of a hydrogen bomb the size of a mills bomb (hand grenade)
that is just poweful enough to take out a tank. It costs about the same.

A French scientist did all the stuff for modern stress analysis in
construction engineering.

CERN is French.

Most of calculus was invented by French mathemeticians.

Anyway science is a co-operative exercise and the French make a contribution
as much as any other small country.

The British use forced labour, remember the press gangs, well it is still
like that. The idea of Britain being democratic, well it does not really
apply here.

At least the French eliminated their Ruling class.

Even the simple action of rescuing a damsel from a frozen lake is a crime
here, and if the fair damsel reports it she is imprisoned.

Democracy... In Britain.... No chance... Bully boys ..

Chris.