Hey folks,
Got a question that I've been mulling over for a while and thought you guys might have some good answers or insight into.
I think Helios 2 is the fastest manmade object in space so far at 150,000 miles per hour. I know theoretically a ship can travel up to the speed of light in space since there's no resistance in space to slow you down (assuming you don't run into something...)
My question is how fast do you think you could actually make a ship go under some type of propulsion power before the engine itself tears the ship apart?
For example, if you were to take a jet engine and strap it a balsa wood airplane, the engine itself would be too powerful for the airplane and would destroy it.
So, assuming materials that are available today, would there be some sort of max speed a ship could accelerate/decelerate from without using any other type of forces like gravity, etc to effect it's velocity?
Of course, now that I think about it, if you just impart small amounts of thrust continuously, that would build up a lot of speed, so that might be the answer to my question.
What's everyone's thoughts?
Got a question that I've been mulling over for a while and thought you guys might have some good answers or insight into.
I think Helios 2 is the fastest manmade object in space so far at 150,000 miles per hour. I know theoretically a ship can travel up to the speed of light in space since there's no resistance in space to slow you down (assuming you don't run into something...)
My question is how fast do you think you could actually make a ship go under some type of propulsion power before the engine itself tears the ship apart?
For example, if you were to take a jet engine and strap it a balsa wood airplane, the engine itself would be too powerful for the airplane and would destroy it.
So, assuming materials that are available today, would there be some sort of max speed a ship could accelerate/decelerate from without using any other type of forces like gravity, etc to effect it's velocity?
Of course, now that I think about it, if you just impart small amounts of thrust continuously, that would build up a lot of speed, so that might be the answer to my question.
What's everyone's thoughts?
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