On 3/19/26 03:52, Woozy Song wrote:
c186282 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8sxUMOiP2M
They actually did a pretty good job of this
for the time. The math/engineering and the
expected challenges.
Sorry, no 'moon monsters'ÿ :-(
had to wait for Wallace and Grommit to get them
Heh !
DM was pretty straight-up, and, for the time,
surprisingly tech-accurate.
We WERE able to get to the moon even in '49.
Just a few, mostly political/fiscal barriers.
Note that the thermal-atomic engines WERE
made and tested. Alas the RADIATION aspects
were horrific. No Good - at least if launching
from Earth.
Now as a SECOND stage, beyond earth's atmosphere,
these things are STILL viable.
I note that in the movie the fuel/mass equation
was well represented. This is and has been a biggie
in any space flight.
Oh well, maybe SOMEDAY we'll have "warp drive"
or similar ... but not anytime soon. Meanwhile
it's still Newton's Curse. Not gonna get live
humans beyond, maybe even to, Saturn.
Now 'AI' quasi-humans, yea.
Hey, will they be based on Linux ??? :-)
Oh, prediction, no 'warp drive'. Instead some
realization that in the quantum view anything
can be anywhere ... just have to get a large
object to cohere to the same quantum equation
and then figure out how to POINT it.
Blip -> Blop.
Sorry, no noisy flaming rockets with big fins ....
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