http://www.cracked.com/article_18983_5-complaints-about-modern-life-that-are-statistically-b.s..html
You might like this old cracked article psmith.
"[Rock music] is deplorable. It is tribal. And it is from America. It follows ragtime, blues, jazz, hot cha-cha and the boogie-woogie, which surely originated in the jungle. We sometimes wonder whether this is the negro's revenge."
lol
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
No I mean, what? It's all in science talk, the significance is evading me.
Modern rocketry is built around the concept of throwing a lot of mass backwards very quickly to produce thrust. However, it's a catch-22. The more propellant your rocket carries, the more mass the rocket has, which means it needs more propellant... see the problem?
This is why there is no single stage to orbit rocket that exists today. The ratio of propellant to mass in modern rockets is abysmal. The Saturn V had a mass ratio of twenty-two. That means for every kilogram of rocket, the Saturn V had another twenty-two kilograms of propellant.
You can cut mass ratios into more manageable sizes by using staging, but that results in way more expensive rockets. Staged rockets literally throw away most of the millions of dollars used to build them.
The Em Drive described in the article doesn't need propellant, apparently. It can covert electric power directly into thrust... somehow. At first glance it seems impossible, because that would seem to violate the law of the conservation of momentum. There appears to be some quantum weirdness involved, which is beyond my ability to understand.
Christ, this is taking too long to explain.
Play Kerbal Space Program.
Originally posted by NemeBroAnd with Microsoft's Cortana, we'll finally have someone with a sexy enough voice to bring Halo to life. I'm looking forward to the space colonization and interstellar genocide.
And without so much mass required on our spacecraft, we can finally start equipping them with lots and lots of guns, right?
Lord Lucien
So if this is the real deal, space flight could see a pretty huge drop in expense in the near future?
Right, because they're old. We live in a society where people idiotically believe something being older makes it better.
Using this logic, we also live in a society where people idiotically believe newer=better.
LL, preferences are preferences but in instances, there can be a universal agreement on who's better. Not everything is subjective.
Originally posted by EminenceI'll be honest, that made my dick wiggle.
The price drop in the much nearer future will probably come courtesy of SpaceX and its reusable rockets. Here's a private sector to be proud of.
Originally posted by psmith81992Well in the case for music, there is no universal agreement about anything, so there's that. And popular opinion doesn't make something objectively better. It's still opinion, and it's still subjective preference.
LL, preferences are preferences but in instances, there can be a universal agreement on who's better. Not everything is subjective.
Originally posted by psmith81992How is that in any shape or form using his logic?
Using this logic, we also live in a society where people idiotically believe newer=better.LL, preferences are preferences but in instances, there can be a universal agreement on who's better. Not everything is subjective.
Though generally yeah newer is better. 👆
"Universal" lol.
Well in the case for music, there is no universal agreement about anything, so there's that. And popular opinion doesn't make something objectively better. It's still opinion, and it's still subjective preference.
Josh Groban is a better singer than me. There you go, I proved one instance of a universal fact. Simply having a different opinion doesn't make something subjective, it just makes the opinion seem uninformed.
How is that in any shape or form using his logic?Though generally yeah newer is better. thumb up