Thank you VERY MUCH for being willing to answer my question! Thanks a lot
and I really appreciate your kindness. Well, lets just say that this is an
ion drive craft.
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>What is the thrust to mass ratio of the engines and this craft????
I am not sure... I am not very educated when it comes to these kinds of
things. Could you add in some appropriate values? Anything is ok...
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>Are you limited by physical size or is size not a problem????
Well, I am not limited by physical size.... The craft can be as large as
needed to carry enough fuel. I am just interesting in figuring out if time
dilation, mass increase, and space warping does not occur could a craft
carry enough fuel to travel FTL or in this case 2 times the speed of light.
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>Just a few base questions that are needed....
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Basically, it does not matter what size the craft is, its mass, or what kind
of rocket drive it uses. I am just interested in figuring out how much fuel
it would take for a certain kind of craft to accelerate to 2 times the speed
of light to prove that if there is no mass increase, time dilation, and mass
warping that a craft COULD carry enough fuel to travel FTL.
Thank you VERY MUCH for answring my question. :-) Thanks again!
Best Regards,
William
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>At 12:30 AM 5/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Everyone,
>>
>>I am going to ask my question again. If you would please answer it I would
>>greatly appreciate it. In this question lets simply assume that time
>>dilation, mass increase, and space warping does not occur when one
>>accelerates to and past the speed of light. Hey, you might think that I am
>>wrong and that time dilation, mass increase, and/or space warping does
occur
>>when one accelerates to and/or beyond the speed of light. But for this
>>question please just THEORETICALLY assume that these SR and GR things do
not
>>occur....
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>>So here is my question.
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>>How much fuel would it take for a conventional space craft (rocket or ion)
>>to accelerate at a constant rate of speed to twice the speed of light? How
>>much fuel would it take? Would it be possible to build such a craft?
>>
>>Please answer this question without discussing how it is impossible to
>>travel FTL conventionally.
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>William
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