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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
On Fri, 19 May 2006 13:58:31 +0000 (UTC), Jim Davis
wrote: A coworker asked me about: http://news.com.com/Smokeless+rocket.../2100-11397_3- 6073392.html?tag=nefd.pop I've never heard of a Mach-Lorentz thruster. From the article it seems that this could be a.) a photon rocket variant or b.) complete psuedoscience. The fact that a *history* professor is pushing this gives one pause. Anyone want to weigh in? "Mach-Lorenz", in contexts like this, almost always means, "I'm pushing against the ENTIRE UNIVERSE, in some way I don't have to define because some really famous smart scientist guys once said that the entire universe is interconnected, and because I've got something to push against you don't get to say my thruster is inertialess, violates conservation of momentum, and so forth. So there!" Purest pseudoscience. -- *John Schilling * "Anything worth doing, * *Member:AIAA,NRA,ACLU,SAS,LP * is worth doing for money" * *Chief Scientist & General Partner * -13th Rule of Acquisition * *White Elephant Research, LLC * "There is no substitute * * for success" * *661-718-0955 or 661-275-6795 * -58th Rule of Acquisition * |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
A coworker asked me about:
http://news.com.com/Smokeless+rocket.../2100-11397_3- 6073392.html?tag=nefd.pop I've never heard of a Mach-Lorentz thruster. From the article it seems that this could be a.) a photon rocket variant or b.) complete psuedoscience. The fact that a *history* professor is pushing this gives one pause. Anyone want to weigh in? Jim Davis |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
I've never heard of a Mach-Lorentz thruster. From the article it seems that this could be a.) a photon rocket variant or b.) complete psuedoscience. The fact that a *history* professor is pushing this gives one pause. Anyone want to weigh in? A good, solid b) . |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
"Jim Davis" wrote in message
A coworker asked me about: http://news.com.com/Smokeless+rocket.../2100-11397_3- 6073392.html?tag=nefd.pop I've never heard of a Mach-Lorentz thruster. From the article it seems that this could be a.) a photon rocket variant or b.) complete psuedoscience. The fact that a *history* professor is pushing this gives one pause. Anyone want to weigh in? Jim Davis I've had some discussions with an engineer at work over the past few months about this. Today, he gave a presentation on Mach Lorentz Thrusters at the Annual Technical Symposium at Johnson Space Center. The presentation may be on our AIAA Houston section website in the near future (www.aiaa-houston.org). I'll ask him if he's got any good online references. It's an interesting topic - over my head, but interesting. Jon |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
"Jon S. Berndt" wrote in message news:446e9227$0$591
I've had some discussions with an engineer at work over the past few months about this. Today, he gave a presentation on Mach Lorentz Thrusters at the Annual Technical Symposium at Johnson Space Center. The presentation may be on our AIAA Houston section website in the near future (www.aiaa-houston.org). I'll ask him if he's got any good online references. It's an interesting topic - over my head, but interesting. Jon Try these: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Woodward.html http://chaos.fullerton.edu/~jimw/general/ http://www.cphonx.net/weffect/alt.php Jon |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
Also, this:
http://www.woodwardeffect.org Jon "Jon S. Berndt" wrote in message ... "Jon S. Berndt" wrote in message news:446e9227$0$591 I've had some discussions with an engineer at work over the past few months about this. Today, he gave a presentation on Mach Lorentz Thrusters at the Annual Technical Symposium at Johnson Space Center. The presentation may be on our AIAA Houston section website in the near future (www.aiaa-houston.org). I'll ask him if he's got any good online references. It's an interesting topic - over my head, but interesting. Jon Try these: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Woodward.html http://chaos.fullerton.edu/~jimw/general/ http://www.cphonx.net/weffect/alt.php Jon |
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Mach-Lorentz thrusters?
And, of course, this:
http://www.angryflower.com/woodwa.html Paul Jon S. Berndt wrote: Also, this: http://www.woodwardeffect.org Jon "Jon S. Berndt" wrote in message ... "Jon S. Berndt" wrote in message news:446e9227$0$591 I've had some discussions with an engineer at work over the past few months about this. Today, he gave a presentation on Mach Lorentz Thrusters at the Annual Technical Symposium at Johnson Space Center. The presentation may be on our AIAA Houston section website in the near future (www.aiaa-houston.org). I'll ask him if he's got any good online references. It's an interesting topic - over my head, but interesting. Jon Try these: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Woodward.html http://chaos.fullerton.edu/~jimw/general/ http://www.cphonx.net/weffect/alt.php Jon |
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