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Egyptian Teen invents Quantum Propulsion System

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:cool: Cool! Of course, there's no making use of it just yet, but it's a start. From here.
Precocious young physicist Aisha Mustafa just patented a new system that could propel spacecrafts to the final frontier without using a drop of fuel.

In short her system taps one of the odder facets of quantum theory, which posits that space isn't really a vacuum. It's really filled with particles and anti-particles that exist for infinitesimally small periods of time before destroying each other. Mustafa thinks she can harness them to create propulsion, resulting in space craft that need little-to-no fuel to maneuver around in space.
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Maybe I can finally get back home! :cattail:
 
This is one of the coolest new patents I've ever read about. I sure hope she can develop her idea into a commercial success within my lifetime.
 
mynameisben said:
This is one of the coolest new patents I've ever read about. I sure hope she can develop her idea into a commercial success within my lifetime.
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Sounds like the ion drive of this century. I hope it works out better.

A space drive isn't much of a problem. Even low energy yields great returns with time.

The problem is getting off this rock in the first place. That is where the energy and money get eaten up.
 
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What a singular achievement! Kudos to this young woman for this discovery. Utilizing a launch system much like the Space Ship One space plane; once free of the atmosphere, the Quantum Drive powered ship could engage it's motors and true spaceflight would begin.

Let private enterprise handle it this time around though. Government would just fuck it up. ;)
 
TE999 said:
Let private enterprise handle it this time around though. Government would just fuck it up. ;)
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Yes, because private enterprise always comes out with such good devices that work so well, last so long, and are a boon to mankind :rolleyes:

For every government fuck-up, I can show you a Hoover Dam that's still kicking and top of the line, and for every Model-T from private enterprise, I'll show you an Edsel.

I've no doubt that such a propulsion unit will be funded by private enterprise this time around. But let's not forget that it was a government operation that got us to the moon. It didn't fuck that up, did it?
 
3113 said:
I've no doubt that such a propulsion unit will be funded by private enterprise this time around. But let's not forget that it was a government operation that got us to the moon. It didn't fuck that up, did it?
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They fucked it up by ending the program with Apollo 17 and never going back. Otherwise, yes. The government did good with the moon program. Real good.
 
As the old saying goes, "The devil is in the details," such as corraling all of those minuscule matter/anti-matter particles, then keeping them separated until you're ready to inject them into the propulsion chamber to let them do their mutual destruction thing and give you your free power.

I'm not holding my breath waiting for the end of the R&D process on this discovery.
 
It all sounds a tad early for my taste. Maybe too much Star Trek ?
First capture your particles.
 
Tyro999 said:
I'm not holding my breath waiting for the end of the R&D process on this discovery.
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Well, first comes the idea, right? I imagine first thoughts about splitting the atom seemed way out of reach, too, in the beginning. But I agree, we might not see this realized in our lifetime.

Handley_Page said:
Maybe too much Star Trek ?
First capture your particles.
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"I canna change the laws of physics, Captain!" :D
 
3113 said:
But let's not forget that it was a government operation that got us to the moon. It didn't fuck that up, did it?
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That was then, this is now. ;)

Back then, we wanted to beat the Russians to the moon and we did it and did it well.

Nowdays the space program is of low priority and the focus is on robots and payloads, not men in space. We have to hitch a ride with the Russians if we want space flight. NASA is a shadow of it's former self and it's doubtful it will ever recover.

Private enterprise is the way to go because they'll find a way to make things practical and economically feasible. Something governments have continually failed to do. ;)
 
Yes, private enterprise is the way to go for future manned space flight... I've got plans on the board to send mankind to Mars one day (and before any governments get there first).
 
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