User: nfabl

NOBODY TOSSES A DWARF!

On: Fuelless Flight with Air Submarine?

Though technically, i don't think it was a glide.

Diamonds aren't forever, just a long time

On: Diamond Age Coming Soon

You know their slogan, "a diamond is forever"?

As i understand it, although an extremely strong physical substance, the chemical nature isn't quite so resilient, and they break down over 10,000 years or so. I'm not quoting facts here, just something i vaguely remember from chemistry.

Uh this would still be a 3 stage launch though

On: Second Hypersonic X43 Scramjet Ready for Testing

... because scramjets don't work at subsonic speeds, you'd need something BEFORE the scramjets to get to mach, what, 7.

I'm sorry, i'm not seeing this as a solution to the cost of space travel at all.