Perhaps we should set up a Magnetize Mars Foundation wiki and see if it is feasible. Followed naturally by a Kickstarter project.
Seriously, it would be an interesting exercise. My dad, many years ago, did the earth/soil model for the area where they placed the low frequency antenna to communicate with subs (Michigan, I believe). They needed to assure both the functionality of the antenna and make sure there was a low enough voltage gradient at the surface (buried installation) so the random animals walking by would not be electrocuted. I would guess we could start with a simple model for Mars, and get a good ballpark design.
What would be an optimal design for an artificial magnetic field for Mars that would provide the equivalent protection that we enjoy on Earth? Assuming superconducting cables, what location(s) would be suitable; what currents would be required; what danger zones would be created; and what would be the annual energy cost?
Is this supposed to be some sort of refutation? If I listed seven things you screwed up in your life, would that damn you eternally?
My point was simple, but I will restate it here for your edification: Their job is secret; they don't tell us what they do, as a rule; you and I have no basis for judging their performance; they may (or may not) have had many major successes that we would celebrate if we knew of them.
Since much of what the CIA does is, in fact, secret, it seems odd that you would imply that they have a poor record of performance. My knowledge of their actions, aside from what I have learned from Covert Affairs, is dominated by the few screwups that actually become public in one form or another. Do you have some privileged knowledge that you would like to share?
don't need a physics class, as I already have my degrees in the field. All that you reference is true in its own context (spec rel). Alcubierre warp drive is valid within Gen Rel, and does not lead to time travel. It has other issues, but not this particular one.
You are planning to sail around the world in your fancy new boat, but you don't know enough about sailing to pick out the right gear? How about you start by posting a rescue bond with the coast guard.
Not even remotely true. My wife is a professor at a community college, and if anything her on-line courses take as much or more of her time than the same course taught traditionally. Additionally, each time she re-teaches on-line course she spends considerable time revising and improving the content to reflect her learning curve.
The OA's plaint is doubtless valid, but does not really contradict the potential of the approach. The real goal is not some free part time implementation of a bad stats course, it is the hope for wider distribution of the really great ones.
That is just stupid. If we could teleport the rocket to the launch pad, we could just as easily teleport the VAB out of the way while we launched and never need to move the rocket at all.
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Isn't he already older than 521 years? I suspect his DNA is suspect as it is.
Perhaps we should set up a Magnetize Mars Foundation wiki and see if it is feasible. Followed naturally by a Kickstarter project.
Seriously, it would be an interesting exercise. My dad, many years ago, did the earth/soil model for the area where they placed the low frequency antenna to communicate with subs (Michigan, I believe). They needed to assure both the functionality of the antenna and make sure there was a low enough voltage gradient at the surface (buried installation) so the random animals walking by would not be electrocuted. I would guess we could start with a simple model for Mars, and get a good ballpark design.
Which raises an interesting question:
What would be an optimal design for an artificial magnetic field for Mars that would provide the equivalent protection that we enjoy on Earth? Assuming superconducting cables, what location(s) would be suitable; what currents would be required; what danger zones would be created; and what would be the annual energy cost?
Please clarify - Is it USSA or Rome? And if Rome, then are you suggesting that the urban sprawl will turn the country into one large city?
I am so confused
Is this supposed to be some sort of refutation? If I listed seven things you screwed up in your life, would that damn you eternally?
My point was simple, but I will restate it here for your edification: Their job is secret; they don't tell us what they do, as a rule; you and I have no basis for judging their performance; they may (or may not) have had many major successes that we would celebrate if we knew of them.
We just don't know.
Since much of what the CIA does is, in fact, secret, it seems odd that you would imply that they have a poor record of performance. My knowledge of their actions, aside from what I have learned from Covert Affairs, is dominated by the few screwups that actually become public in one form or another. Do you have some privileged knowledge that you would like to share?
Private office with full bath and sleeping arrangements (preferably with the receptionist)
But is it recursive? And more interestingly, does it converge?
Apple today announced that they have been granted a patent for using other peoples' designs. iCopy will be featured in all of their future products.
Hawking does cosmology with one eyeball, and you are stuck on one-handed gaming? Try ping pong, or darts.
Don't you mean -any- way to get laid?
don't need a physics class, as I already have my degrees in the field. All that you reference is true in its own context (spec rel). Alcubierre warp drive is valid within Gen Rel, and does not lead to time travel. It has other issues, but not this particular one.
"sigh" all you want, but you are incorrect, sir.
The power requirements for warp drive will diminish by a factor of 23 every year.
What I can tell you is that a 52' boat is about 7' shorter than an 18 meter boat
You are planning to sail around the world in your fancy new boat, but you don't know enough about sailing to pick out the right gear? How about you start by posting a rescue bond with the coast guard.
No good as a water filter - no matter how much you pour in it just vanishes....
where the socks disappear
Not even remotely true. My wife is a professor at a community college, and if anything her on-line courses take as much or more of her time than the same course taught traditionally. Additionally, each time she re-teaches on-line course she spends considerable time revising and improving the content to reflect her learning curve.
The OA's plaint is doubtless valid, but does not really contradict the potential of the approach. The real goal is not some free part time implementation of a bad stats course, it is the hope for wider distribution of the really great ones.
That is just stupid. If we could teleport the rocket to the launch pad, we could just as easily teleport the VAB out of the way while we launched and never need to move the rocket at all.
Have you ever tried to put lights and ornaments on wheat? Duh.
Aha, so ignorance breeds just conclusions. I guess creationism must be true after all.
That would be a good first step
Since history tends to be rewritten over time, one might be a 'revisions of history' polymath...?
no