Solar-pumped laser power transmission, a way to dramatically decrease launch costs?
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From: Brad Guth on 24 Feb 2010 23:17 On Feb 23, 7:16 am, William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 23, 1:18 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > :On Feb 20, 2:28 pm, "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > :> > "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > :> > > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > :> > > :> > > > Alternatively, larger diameter emitters may be built - and higher > > :> > > > energy levels - which mean larger thrusts. > > :> > > :> > > How much faster would those be if they used a superlaser? > > :> > > :> > What is a superlaser? > > :> > > :>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Superlaser > > : > > :So, a superlaser is a fictional device. I see. > > : > > > As such, it ought to fit in well with many of your 'engineering' > > solutions as presented here. > > > -- > > "Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is > > only stupid." > > -- Heinrich Heine > > Not really, since none of my stuff is fictional. They is out to get you and anyone else that dares to publish in their private newsgroup. ~ BG
From: William Mook on 25 Feb 2010 11:22 On Feb 25, 12:50 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > :On Feb 23, 1:18 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> > :> :On Feb 20, 2:28 pm, "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> > "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> > > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> > :> :> > > > Alternatively, larger diameter emitters may be built - and higher > :> :> > > > energy levels - which mean larger thrusts. > :> :> > :> :> > > How much faster would those be if they used a superlaser? > :> :> > :> :> > What is a superlaser? > :> :> > :> :>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Superlaser > :> : > :> :So, a superlaser is a fictional device. I see. > :> : > :> > :> As such, it ought to fit in well with many of your 'engineering' > :> solutions as presented here. > :> > : > :Not really, since none of my stuff is fictional. > : > > So, how many vehicles do you have flying to orbit again? Oh, that's > right. None. > > Fictional. > > -- > "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the > soul with evil." > -- Socrates You really need to buy or use a dictionary. A fictional device is something imagined as a pretense to move the plot forward in a literary work. None of the devices I am working on are fictional in this sense - and so, you are wrong yet again Freddie.
From: Brad Guth on 25 Feb 2010 18:40 On Feb 25, 9:03 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > WilliamMook<mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > :On Feb 25, 12:50 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> WilliamMook<mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> > :> :On Feb 23, 1:18 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> WilliamMook<mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> > :> :> :On Feb 20, 2:28 pm, "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> :> WilliamMook<mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> :> > "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> :> > > WilliamMook<mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > > > Alternatively, larger diameter emitters may be built - and higher > :> :> :> > > > energy levels - which mean larger thrusts. > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > > How much faster would those be if they used a superlaser? > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > What is a superlaser? > :> :> :> > :> :> :>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Superlaser > :> :> : > :> :> :So, a superlaser is a fictional device. I see. > :> :> : > :> :> > :> :> As such, it ought to fit in well with many of your 'engineering' > :> :> solutions as presented here. > :> :> > :> : > :> :Not really, since none of my stuff is fictional. > :> : > :> > :> So, how many vehicles do you have flying to orbit again? Oh, that's > :> right. None. > :> > :> Fictional. > :> > : > :You really need to buy or use a dictionary. A fictional device is > :something imagined as a pretense to move the plot forward in a > :literary work. None of the devices I am working on are fictional in > :this sense - and so, you are wrong yet again Freddie. > : > > You need to stop being a fraud. Claiming that something exists which > does not exist is a 'fiction', making the thing you claim exists > 'fictional'. > > You have no launch vehicles. You have no hardware. > > Fictional. > > Oh, and even by YOUR definition it's fictional... There's a few areas of Mook expertise that's better than average, and at least he seldom uses those silly closing signature quotes. In a think tank, Mook can always play the part of the dart board, while sometimes otherwise being a dart. Unfortunately, we'll all be long dead and gone before that first commercial tonne of Mook's green hydrogen gets delivered. Mook energy from space is technically doable, and those nuclear powered rockets do seem like a good idea. ~ BG
From: William Mook on 28 Feb 2010 12:14 On Feb 25, 12:03 pm, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > :On Feb 25, 12:50 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> > :> :On Feb 23, 1:18 am, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> > :> :> :On Feb 20, 2:28 pm, "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> :> William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> :> > "Scott M. Kozel" <koze...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > :> :> :> > > William Mook <mokmedi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > > > Alternatively, larger diameter emitters may be built - and higher > :> :> :> > > > energy levels - which mean larger thrusts. > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > > How much faster would those be if they used a superlaser? > :> :> :> > :> :> :> > What is a superlaser? > :> :> :> > :> :> :>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Superlaser > :> :> : > :> :> :So, a superlaser is a fictional device. I see. > :> :> : > :> :> > :> :> As such, it ought to fit in well with many of your 'engineering' > :> :> solutions as presented here. > :> :> > :> : > :> :Not really, since none of my stuff is fictional. > :> : > :> > :> So, how many vehicles do you have flying to orbit again? Oh, that's > :> right. None. > :> > :> Fictional. > :> > : > :You really need to buy or use a dictionary. A fictional device is > :something imagined as a pretense to move the plot forward in a > :literary work. None of the devices I am working on are fictional in > :this sense - and so, you are wrong yet again Freddie. > : > > You need to stop being a fraud. I am authentic and true - the very opposite of fraud. > Claiming that something exists which > does not exist is a 'fiction', True, which is why I make no such claims. > making the thing you claim exists > 'fictional'. A fiction is a statement that does not comport with reality. What have I said that does not comport with reality? All of my statements are firmly based in reality - making them the very opposite of fictions. Real things exist as ideas before they exist as material things. In fact nothing that is made by the hand of humanity can exist before it first exists as an idea in someone's head. These things are the very opposite of fictions. > You have no launch vehicles. You have no hardware. I have workable and detailed designs and plans for such things > Fictional. You either don't understand the usage of the term 'fictional' and the pernicious nature of your repetition of this lie has in relation to my plans, in which case you're very dense - or perhaps you do - in which case you are evil. In either case any reasonable person would ignore you. In fact, since your stalking and bashing me seems emotionally motivated - ignoring you would be the best thing to do - since all you are doing is an attention seeking behavior. > Oh, and even by YOUR definition it's fictional... Not at all. > -- > "Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is > only stupid." > -- Heinrich Heine
From: Damien Valentine on 1 Mar 2010 16:13
So let's recap (since there's an awful lot of quoting being thrown around). Mr. Mook mentioned a "superlaser", which is a device from the "Star Wars" franchise. Someone criticized this plan, since it relies on a device that doesn't exist. Mr. Mook claimed that "none of my stuff is fictional", implying either that when he says "superlaser", he doesn't actually mean a device like the example he gave...or else that he has a fully armed and operational battle station in his attic. Then Misters Mook and McCall just started repeating their points over and over again, with Mr. Mook curiously insisting that since he's not writing a novel, his plan does not rely on "fictional" devices...and then claiming that his opponents are either stupid or "evil". Have I got this right? |