I need 1 billion dollars

[vladius]

I need 1 billion dollars to complete my project. I’ve discovered the future of space travel, a technology that will enable man to explore distant stars and galaxies. Using the latest bleeding edge physics in tests conducted in my private lab, I have been able to circumvent the limitations of classical and relativistic physics. In order to complete my work, I will need the following: <br /><br />-65 metric tons of neodymium formed into 256 identical discs of 30 meters in diameter and .006m thickness<br />-Unlimited access to a nuclear power plant for a full year<br />-A 4.3 Terrawatt laser<br />-100KM of 4” iron pipe<br />-A practically unlimited supply of gold filament 100microns dia.<br />-1 ton of uranium gas in a Bose-Einstein condensate form<br />-and 3 live chickens….<br /><br />And a pizza… <br /><br />Please send Check or money order for 1Billion that’s 1,000,000,000 dollars (US funds) <br />To….. <br /><br /><br />(yes, its a joke..i just felt the need to be a geek)<br />

 

[jmilsom]

I am confused by your need for <b>a</b> pizza (singular). I would have thought several million pizzas would be more appropriate. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Either you're a genius...<br /><br />Or you've figured out how to barbeque chickens in a 1 Billion Dollar convection oven. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

I know it's legal in Canada, but don't overdo it...let go of the bong...NOW! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

That's a hell of a turbo-pipe then.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[vladius]

But in all seriousness, I Do need investors. Not for my chicken-antichicken warp drive, but for something much more profitable than Colonel Sanders could have imagined. <br /><br />I have a viable idea and strategy to put tourists in space for a fraction of the cost of cool 200K its gonna cost to go up in a virgin galactic flight. Not only that, but they could spend days there and not just 45 minutes. <br /><br />now i just have to hook myself up with some aircraft manufacturer. Or someone with big $$

 

[tap_sa]

<font color="yellow">"now i just have to hook myself up with some <b>aircraft</b> manufacturer. "</font><br /><br />Let me guess. You are going to fill space with air! Then you can just fly up there in Cessna and even breathe. Brilliant <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[vladius]

nono, i was thinking something along the lines of using their knowledge and expertise in designing presurized cabins... <br /><br />And it wont REEALLY be space.. but it will be poor mans space, about 140K feet. but they would still see the black of space and see the curvature of the earth etc etc

 

[tap_sa]

You do know that Space Adventures already flies people to the edge of space, don't you? It's 'only' 80k ft though. Mig-25 has flown to nearly 120k ft but it was very risky. Pilot boosted upward till the engines flamed out, coasted up and back down, relit the engines once atmosphere was thick enough again. Definitely not shuttlecock carefree flight.

 

[vladius]

oh, ya.. i know all about space adventures. Theyre a cool company. Supersonic flight in a MiG.. now thats fun. <br /><br />I was thinking of hooking a massive weather balloon to a presurized cabin and sailing it to 150ish thousand feet.. (a la team remax) could stay up there for days, and have a restroom, internet, phones, all the anemities for a nice weekend for 2 in space... including the view... talk about quiet time. The only thing that would be a big hassle would be retrieval.. but they got that down to a science. They could pinpoint to within the meter where that weather balloon is going to land, and then have a retrieval crew there to get it.. all for a meager price of about 50K or less per trip

 

[spacefire]

lol<br />it's in the process: look up JP Aerospace on the net. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[vladius]

then again.. i could go with the quantum gravitational chicken cooker...<br />

 

[vladius]

well, technology is there.. i dont think theyre runnign on the same idea. Mine is purely high latitude toursit based. no intentions of putting somthing in actual orbit. But as with ALL my 'world changing' ideas, someone beat me to the punch.. and there have been alot of them.... <br /><br />Maybe i should patent my chicken cooker now.... (its not really a chicken cooker as much as it is a Frame Drag Turbine.)

 

[serak_the_preparer]

Have you considered going for one of those no-bid contracts in Iraq? $9 billion or more has gone 'unaccounted for' there. This may be a good time to take out your membership card to the GOP and place a call to Cheney.<br /><br />Well, I guess I also felt the need to be silly.<br /><br />Seriously, there may be something to your 4.3 Terrawatt laser. Your vehicle could ride the beam into orbit. Does anyone remember 'lightcraft'?<br /><br />Riding the Highways of Light (NASA Science News)<br /><br />How Light Propulsion Will Work by Kevin Bonsor (HowStuffWorks)<br /><br />Riding Laser Beams to Space by Leonard David (Space.com)<br /><br />NASA's Need for Speed: Advanced Propulsion Comes Of Age by Leonard David (Space.com)<br /><br />Beam me up? by Andy Walton (CNN)<br /><br />Lightcraft Technology Incorporated <br /><br />Regarding the section of Arabic script introducing the site at the second link, pay it no mind. It bears no connection to insurgent activities in the afore-mentioned Iraq. (Here, by the way, is the cleaned-up non-Arabic version of Kevin Bonsor's article: How Light Propulsion Will Work and Microwave-propelled Lightcraft.)

 

[le3119]

Vladius, you may've just coined a new space term: the poor man's space! I like that. We paupers can afford 80,000 feet, while we watch the rich and beautiful attain orbital velocity. <br /><br />Nice poultry anti-poultry nobium crystal hyperdrive, you're ahead of your time.

 

[vladius]

thanks, ill be sure to plant a flag in your honor on Melmac.

 

[yevaud]

<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />I have developed a Pasta / Antipasto drive system, myself. Works great, and taste's good too... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[vladius]

im sure you could convince the Italian Space Agency to fund your research....

 

[vogon13]

Oh Lord! Won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

And a thank you...and now a song from a world war eye eye...<br /><br />(That's Lawrence Welk, for you youngsters...) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

How often does Welk get a plug at SDC ? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>