In the summer of 2017 I had a really fun late night coffee brewed conversation with my friend Jim Davidson, the subject: lighter than air craft, dirigibles, and an idea I’d not heard of before – the vacuum ship.
The only thing lighter than the lightest gas – is, ya know, nothing …
The empty vacuum has zero mass … and “empty vacuum” is redundant as fuck.
Before we continue, a quote from Dr. Freckles … “Humans didn’t settle upon the bow and arrow … nature did.” What will efficiently move through a gas is determined by pressure, viscosity, mass, etc … Nature doesn’t just guide the arrow, nature guides the coming of the arrow. Just a thought …
- The simple dirigible rocket:
- Generating a vacuum with magnetic fields:
- Of plasma and vacuums:
- Modulation of magnetic field behavior to create smooth contoured negative gas pressure:
- Solar cell re-charge on the ocean’s surface:
- Para-sail deployment system for managed descent:
- The use of these systems as sub-orbital communications satellites:
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