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Yeh, I am sure that this can get quite complex, how fast can an induction motor run? Ideally, no motor at all will be required like a mass driver the rail itself should provide the acceleration to its payload. That might be accomplished by simply ganging many rails with fixed acceleration in...

Thanks, Particle Article, but again I guess I needed to provide a little more detail. I know what a mass driver is, I read a lot of Arthur C Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Heinlein growing up, I am not referring to a mass driver exactly but more the equivalent of a mono-rail on earth with "controlled...

One more interesting link. Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion? - Prof. Dennis Whyte - YouTube

No matter how efficient the method we develop to get to Mars I doubt that it is a feasible long term destination for human beings. The problem with Mars is that it is not earthlike enough. Gravity is too low, will never have enough oxygen, all of the things that we do outside on earth today...

Thanks, COLGeek. I have seen the data at this link, however, my point is that maybe this should be an active topic of research for space propulsion, deserving of more funding possibly from an increased NASA budget, and not developed as just a space weapon. By the way this Railgun research...

Thanks for the reply wolfshadw. However, I think that the need for an anchored rail system is not necessarily a limitation such a limitation can easily be overcome, if it is in fact a limiting factor. Firstly, the design engineer would probably take this possibility into consideration and...

I am wondering has anyone considered using an in space rail to accelerate objects? Say 100g acceleration along 1k miles of track to 100kmph, maybe?