Ok, I'm not a disciple of the Evil Dead series, but how in the world did this thread go on as long as it has and I haven't read anthing about "Within the Woods"? The embryonic seed of the Evil Dead movies? Where we first see Rami and Bruce exploring the concept of possession and zombies? Bruce's film debut?
I mean really people, what kind of geeks are we? I expected to see this mentioned in the first few posts!
Well, that's my karma whoring for today. Now I'll leave the grunt work of actually relating it to the subject to someone else.
I would speculate that what they're really doing is not truly a remake, but an entirely new movie: a prequel to Evil Dead II. I agree, doing a remake of ED I would be bizarre, since it follows basically the same plot as ED II.
A chemical rocket could reach another star, but in talking about a voyage, a shorter timespan is implied. Say something in the less than 1,000 year range. For this you need more sustainable acceleration.
To showcase what I mean, the current fastest human object is Voyager 1. It was launched via chemical rocket and is currently traveling at 3.4 AU/year. The closest star, Alpha Centauri, is currently 275725 AU away. While something that speed would eventually reach another star, there would be little point in sending it there.
Ok.. the reason this is noteworthy, despite it's lethargic speed, has to do with reaction mass. Ion propulsion and rockets are similar in that both require reaction mass for propulsion- the craft goes forward because something goes back. The speed which the craft goes forward is proportional to the speed that something is ejected out back. Ion drives have ejection speeds far above that of conventional rockets, thus are far more efficient in their use of their propellant.
So?
So this is crucial on the long haul. With a reaction drive, when you run out of reaction mass, you're done. The craft becomes inert. The trick here is that the saturn V was out fuel within 15 minutes, wheras this craft is still accelerating a year later. Concievably, it could run for another year, or a dozen. (I don't know how much reaction mass it has) An ion drive craft might be made that could with enough reaction mass for an interstellar voyage, where a chemical rocket could not. (esp. considering the mass needed to decelerate at the ead!)
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I mean really people, what kind of geeks are we? I expected to see this mentioned in the first few posts!
Well, that's my karma whoring for today. Now I'll leave the grunt work of actually relating it to the subject to someone else.
I would speculate that what they're really doing is not truly a remake, but an entirely new movie: a prequel to Evil Dead II. I agree, doing a remake of ED I would be bizarre, since it follows basically the same plot as ED II.
To showcase what I mean, the current fastest human object is Voyager 1. It was launched via chemical rocket and is currently traveling at 3.4 AU/year. The closest star, Alpha Centauri, is currently 275725 AU away. While something that speed would eventually reach another star, there would be little point in sending it there.
So?
So this is crucial on the long haul. With a reaction drive, when you run out of reaction mass, you're done. The craft becomes inert. The trick here is that the saturn V was out fuel within 15 minutes, wheras this craft is still accelerating a year later. Concievably, it could run for another year, or a dozen. (I don't know how much reaction mass it has) An ion drive craft might be made that could with enough reaction mass for an interstellar voyage, where a chemical rocket could not. (esp. considering the mass needed to decelerate at the ead!)
No, take a look at this guy's replies to the comments on the parent post, and you'll see he's not joking. I know, it's hard to believe, but true.