Showing posts with label Spacecraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spacecraft. Show all posts

Monday, October 14

A Spacecraft that Twists Space


The concept of faster-than-light travel has existed and is common in the realm of science fiction for decades now. However, the idea of wrap drives interstellar journeys has captured the imagination of many, especially in the series called Star Trek. Which of these ideas and concepts were more than just fiction and imagination? It seems like the new development of science theory is slowly becoming a subject of interest.

Twisting space to travel faster than light is the idea behind the warp drive

Science fiction is often associated with warp drives, which have the potential to accelerate spacecraft faster than the speed of light. The prospect of twisting or bending space-time to enable faster-than-light travel without violating the fundamental principles of physics lies at the heart of the warp drive concept. A warp drive would presumably compress space in front of the vehicle and expand it behind, producing a kind of bubble.

This bubble would enable the ship to travel great distances swiftly rather than speeding it to the speed of light. The space surrounding the spacecraft would move, enabling it to travel farther than the speed of light, rather than the spacecraft itself moving through space at an impossibly rapid rate. Miguel Alcubierre, a physicist laid this foundation in 1994 and spoke about the mathematical model for a warp drive.     READ MORE...

Monday, June 20

Inevitable Growth


Since the birth of the USA, about 250 years have passed by to get us to where we are in 2022...  Since a generation spans about 20-30 years (25 on average), those 250 years have given us 10 generations...  10 generations is a lot of time, for instance:

  • My family
  • My Parents
  • My Grandparents
  • MY Great Grandparents is still only 4 generations and I have no memory of my Great Grandparents because I never met them...  and, about the only memory of my grandparents were when I was a young child up through my first marriage that my grandfather attended.  Shortly thereafter he died...   I was 21 years old.
So, this should impress upon you the the absolute length of 250 years.

1772/1776
  1. Underwater warfare - submarine - the Turtle
  2. Chronometer - accurate time
  3. Underwater exploration with scuba
  4. Indoor Plumbing
  5. The Kitchen Stove
  6. Electricity
  7. Mechanical Motion
  8. Steam Engines
  9. Multi-tasking - revolving bookstand
  10. The Spinning Mule
  11. The Cotton Gin
  12. Bubbles in Water (Soda)

EARLY 1900s 
there were 600,000 telephones in American homes across the USA
by 1905 - 2.2 million telephones
by 1910 - 5.8 million telephones
by 1915 - first transcontinental cable laid connecting telephone service from USA to Great Britain.
by 1973 - first mobile phone released to the public

First Computer
1830s -  Charles Babbage invented the first digital computer
1951 - first keyboard invented to access computer
1974 - the first personal computer

What do we have in 2022?
You name it, we have it...
  • smart phones
  • smart vehicles
  • smart homes
  • wristband computer phones (iwatch)
  • electric vehicles
  • surgeon robots
  • artificial intelligence
  • online classes
  • virtual learning head devices
  • students can perform virtual surgeries
  • space flight
  • reusable spacecraft (returning to base, landing upright

How Fast is Technology Growing? 
By 2025...
38.6 billion smart devices will be collecting, analyzing, and sharing data.
The web hosting services market is to reach $77.8 billion 
70% of all tech spending is expected to go for cloud solutions.
There are 1.35 million tech startups.
Global AI market is expected to reach $89.8 billion.
There are 4,383 million internet users.
Solar energy adoption has grown by around 50%.