project orion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29

how does setting off nukes to go 10% of the speed of light sound

kinetic energy pales in comparison to chemical energy

the amount of energy in a 4000 pound car ramming into something at 72 miles an hour is less than 1000 watts

nuclear explosions release energy in the exa and petajoule range which is a MASSIVE amount of force released in the explosion

"pure Matter-antimatter annihilation rockets would be theoretically capable of obtaining a velocity between 50% to 80% of the speed of light."

from how i understand antimatter it should be the most efficient and powerful system of energy generation in the first place because if it directly converts mass into energy (e=mc2) in an explosion it would release levels of energy that can not be matched by any system including nuclear fusion

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy) is a great table to look at and they have other neat orders of magnitude for other scales

fuck i messed that up

ozzie freedom wrote:from how i understand antimatter it should be the most efficient and powerful system of energy generation in the first place because if it directly converts mass into energy (e=mc2) in an explosion it would release levels of energy that can not be matched by any system including nuclear fusion

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy) is a great table to look at and they have other neat orders of magnitude for other scales

so if antimatter annihilates mass into energy is there a way to get that mass back or is it gone forever

book c: literally destroying the universe with antimatter

nerd annihilater wrote:

ozzie freedom wrote:from how i understand antimatter it should be the most efficient and powerful system of energy generation in the first place because if it directly converts mass into energy (e=mc2) in an explosion it would release levels of energy that can not be matched by any system including nuclear fusion

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy) is a great table to look at and they have other neat orders of magnitude for other scales

so if antimatter annihilates mass into energy is there a way to get that mass back or is it gone forever

book c: literally destroying the universe with antimatter

mass equals energy so you don't violate the laws of conservation but i don't think you can no

ozzie freedom wrote:

nerd annihilater wrote:

ozzie freedom wrote:from how i understand antimatter it should be the most efficient and powerful system of energy generation in the first place because if it directly converts mass into energy (e=mc2) in an explosion it would release levels of energy that can not be matched by any system including nuclear fusion

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy) is a great table to look at and they have other neat orders of magnitude for other scales

so if antimatter annihilates mass into energy is there a way to get that mass back or is it gone forever

book c: literally destroying the universe with antimatter

mass equals energy so you don't violate the laws of conservation but i don't think you can no

so it's one-way