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In reply to the discussion: Is emission-less propulsion possible? I believe it is... [View all]mikelewis
(4,184 posts)29. The recoil pulls the gun away from you? Indeed... but not completely....
That math is accounted for in the loss in arc part of the equation.
Equation is...
Recoil - Loss in arc + recapture.
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I really hope this is all tongue-in-cheek. If so, that's one for you! Just in case...
NCIndie
Dec 2023
#5
Ok... please read a little farther down the post please... There is no plan for a shotgun based propulsion design...
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#7
I'm not an AI robot and your challenge was based on scientific inquiry. I responded in kind...
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#11
I think you're missing the point... none of those are useful for extended space travel... or can reach similar speeds
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#4
This isn't about the energy required to run it.. that's still a problem... for a bit... we first have to see....
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#8
I built this idea fighting A for the past year... lol... so thank you I do appreciate skepticism. It built this idea.
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#12
That is precisely why I am here... I have had my ass handed to me so many times on this forum.... LOL
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#14
You're going to build a car with zero carbon footprint because of renewables+nuclear?
NCIndie
Dec 2023
#19
Here, I think, is the fundamental error - whether ChatGPT's or yours, I can't tell from the formatting
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2023
#73
OK, some numbers for position (Python? Why Python? This is a physics problem, not a numerical procedure)
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2023
#81
Can you try to write better, please? Your questions, or messages, are obscured by your style.
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2023
#84
The apparent paradox arises from a simplified view of the situation and is resolved when considering the full complexity
mikelewis
Dec 2023
#33
This part of the argument is where chatgpt is completely botching the physics.
Salviati
Dec 2023
#37
I wouldn't trust ChatGPT to count my toes accurately. It wasn't written to do that.
OKIsItJustMe
Dec 2023
#41
"They're trying to move mass with electrons... they need to move mass with mass"
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#55
Not logic. "view count" is not equal to "copy-paste" nor equal to "don't understand the math"
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#62
If you want to be taken seriously, and you clearly do, then don't be childish. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#65