Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to thePersonal_Submersibles_Discussion

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Hmmmm.  Carsten, the way you describe that is almost identical to the
way a professor I knew described the construction of a time machine.  At
least that was his "explanation" of the nuke tests in Nevada.
Carl


Carsten Standfuss wrote:
> 
> Works simple..
> 
> say the spaceship has a mass of +10ts - all you need is a very
> compact anti-mass of -10ts in the center of graphity of the
> +10ts. Than the ships mass will very close to 0ts +-0tzs and
> you can use a battery pocket light to power/drive the ship.. :-)
> 
> Carsten
> 
> > Dale A. Raby schrieb:
> >
> > OK, Carsten, how does it work?  Ion propulsion?  How do you boost it
> > out of the gravity well?  Energy requirements to boost a mass to
> > anything near light speed are enormous... but I love to hear new
> > ideas.
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:36, Carsten Standfuss wrote:
> >
> > > Hi welcome here.. have you a drawing ?
> > >
> > > It is not serious to offer an idear and
> > > than not to explain how its works.
> > >
> > > And guys - not laughted but I have a nice idear for a spaceship
> > > which can run very easy short under lightspeed and with a power
> > > consuption to boost the ship to this speed which is very low
> > > and easy to handle. Ask is you want to know how it works.. :-)
> > >
> > > regards Carsten
> > >
> > >
> > > BauWauHausDesign@aol.com schrieb:
> > > >
> > > > hello all,
> > > >
> > > > i am a designer and enthusiast. i grew up with my father re-building
> > > > airplanes in our patio and have dreamed of underwater exploration.
> > > >
> > > > my question is this. i have come up with a design which eliminates the
> > > > essential problem of water pressure and implosion. a simple fiberglass
> > > > hull of 3/4" fiberglass is all to safely dive to a thousand feet or
> > > > more. it also means weight is a fraction of current designs and speeds
> > > > of around 30 knots. my question is where do i go now? i am more
> > > > designer than engineer, good with form, but not tolerances. i also
> > > > know my work will lead to patents because my design takes a completely
> > > > different approach to conventional design theory, so this is also a
> > > > concern.
> > > >
> > > > so anyone got any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > thanks alot,
> > > >
> > > > jeffrey
> > >
> >
> >
> > Dale A. Raby
> > Editor/Publisher
> > The Green Bay Web
> > http://www.thegreenbayweb.com

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