Re: starship-design: Interstellar mission within fifty years

[Paul-V Khuong <paul_virak_khuong@yahoo.com>]

Zenon Kulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl> wrote:
>
> > From paul_virak_khuong@yahoo.com Tue Oct 20 01:03:04 1998
> > 
> > Zenon Kulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Paul-V Khuong <paul_virak_khuong@yahoo.com>
> > > > 
> > > > zkulpa@ wrote:zmit1.ippt.gov.pl
> > > > 
> > > [...]
> > > > >>Not because of the word "explosions", but because of the
word "micro".
> > > > >>For a starship, you need rather macro-explosions (and the big 
> > > > >>"macro" for that). For macro-explosions it will be next to
impossible
> > > > >>to reduce pulsing to mere "vibration load".
> > > > 
> > > > Use _2_ engines: vibrations will eliminate each others:
> > > > if you're arranging phases, it'll do like this:
> > > > /¯\_/¯\
> > > > ´       >-2 waves
> > > > \_/¯\_/
> > > > 
> > > Will not work. You cannot put such two engines in line,
> > > you can only to put them side by side.
> > > Then alternating explosions will rock the whole ship sideways,
> > > instead of eliminating each other.
> > 
> > Sure it's possible! Make the two exactly symmetrical 
> > and put 'em side by side!
> > 
> > like:   
> > \    
> > <¯= \
> > /¯   \These two should be symmetrical and work at the  
> > \    /¯same time. SO, the wave is eliminated by another
> > <¯=´/  one, of exactly the same size.
> > /¯
> >
> Sorry, I do not follow your idea. 
> Can you explain it more understandably?
See, you put the two engines side by side, in a way so that the two
engines are symmetrical by the center of the ship. Then, make them
fire at the same time. 

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