Re: SETI public: Jill Tarter on the Fermi Paradox

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From: Gary Hoffman (ghoffman@spacetech.com)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 18:00:18 PDT

Ok... so,

You deploy a long wire.

It moves through local magnetic fields...

Thus a small EMF is induced in the wire...

You conduct the small EMF into the craft....

And you produce THRUST with it HOW ???

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Boyd Fox" <foxd@indiana.edu>
To: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
Cc: "Ron Blue" <rcb5@msn.com>; <public@setileague.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: SETI public: Jill Tarter on the Fermi Paradox

>
> He just said a long wire, he did not say it was Light Years long.
>
> 73,
> Daniel Fox
> KF9ET
>
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Gary Hoffman wrote:
>
> > Certainly, a tether a few 100 yards long, or even miles long, is
perfectly
> > reasonable... but Light-Years long ???!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Boyd Fox" <foxd@indiana.edu>
> > To: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
> > Cc: "Ron Blue" <rcb5@msn.com>; <public@setileague.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: SETI public: Jill Tarter on the Fermi Paradox
> >
> >
> > > Think of the shuttle tether experiments.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Daniel Fox
> > > KF9ET
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Gary Hoffman wrote:
> > >
> > > > A long wire ????
> > > >
> > > > Please !
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Ron Blue" <rcb5@msn.com>
> > > > To: <public@setileague.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:50 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: SETI public: Jill Tarter on the Fermi Paradox
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > Looking for Alien Space Probes is going to involve looking for
> > objects
> > > > in
> > > > > > space that do not appear natural and studying them closely to
see
> > what
> > > > > > they are. Even if they are not Alien Space Probes we will still
> > gain
> > > > > > scientific knowledge from doing this.
> > > > >
> > > > > My understanding is that we may be able to send probes by using
beamed
> > > > > microwaves from the earth to power the probe and get it close to
the
> > speed
> > > > > of light at high energy cost in a short period of time. The probe
> > would
> > > > > zoom past the extra solar planetary system and send back pictures.
> > > > >
> > > > > A rather novel approach of slowing it down would be to send out a
long
> > > > wire
> > > > > and use magnet fields to slow it down. Naturally these approaches
> > should
> > > > > generate allot of radio noise which SETI could detect.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ron Blue
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

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