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It might not let you go FTL, but this would seem to imply that you could get going extremely fast without a reaction mass to perform the acceleration. That alo
by simcop2387 6y ago
It might not let you go FTL, but this would seem to imply that you could get going extremely fast without a reaction mass to perform the acceleration. That alone would make shorter interstellar trips like the one to proxima centauri feasible as far as time goes.
- m4rtink 6y agoWell, any reactionless drive also hase massive implications for making mankind multiplanetary, even without taking any interstellar implications into account. You could move huge amounts of cargo and personnel just with a heavy electricity source (solar panels, nuclear reactor) but without having to care for the even more massive amounts of fuel otherwise needed! It would make interplanetary and orbital settlement not just possible but easy.
- nobodyandproud 6y ago> It would make interplanetary and orbital settlement not just possible but easy I don’t know about “easy”, but it removes a logistical wall. I wonder if this sidesteps the time dilation effects of high speed travel.
- m4rtink 6y agoIf you can protect the ship from interstellar dust it will indeed get really fast to destination from the crew PoW duets time dilatation, nog for those on the outside. No way around that with just moving very fast.