TL9 Antimatter pion rockets

dataweaver · 05-17-2012, 12:58 AM

Fortunately, you don't need to fuel up the ship's tank in a second. Kick it up to a day, and you only need a small fraction of solar coverage (0.001%). Think less in terms of "Dyson Sphere" and more in terms of "Ringworld". And unlike Larry Niven's Ringworld, it needn't be a solid ring spinning fast enough to generate 1G. Still quite an engineering feat; but nowhere near as formidable as completely enclosing a star.

05-17-2012, 12:58 AM	#13
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: TL9 Antimatter pion rockets Fortunately, you don't need to fuel up the ship's tank in a second. Kick it up to a day, and you only need a small fraction of solar coverage (0.001%). Think less in terms of "Dyson Sphere" and more in terms of "Ringworld". And unlike Larry Niven's Ringworld, it needn't be a solid ring spinning fast enough to generate 1G. Still quite an engineering feat; but nowhere near as formidable as completely enclosing a star.