Radiation engines?
- Thread starter KJbushway
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You want an antimatter engine which produces gamma radiation you direct out the rear?
Lorna
Lieutenant Commander
I don't see how radiation can possibly be used to generate propulsion, especially if you're suggesting throwing it out of the back of an engine?
Lorna
Lieutenant Commander
If radiation could generate propulsion or any meaningful propulsion I think we would have had it long ago.
J
Jetfire
Guest
I heard of Synchrotron Radiation Fusion Drive...but don't know what it is really. 
Maybe someone here knows more?
Maybe someone here knows more?
You don't seem to know what radiation is or how it can be used.
Lorna
Lieutenant Commander
Isn't that what he just said in his original post?
It's nothing to brag about.
Sort of. But then he goes on with simply saying "radiation."
I might as well ask how we can make an engine that runs off radio waves. (Which, okay, is radiation.)
It was meant as a broad topic, meaning any type pf radiation. Like I said I could go a research it, but I wouldn't really understand all of it. Now if you want to talk about any type of radiation you like that could be an engine, talk about that. Broad topic, I am not really trying to narrow it down to a simple question, it would defeat the purpose of the thread.
From Wikipedia: An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion.
A solar sail converts solar radiation into useful mechanical motion. I'll grant that may not meet your definition of "engine"-- but if so, you'd better spell out what your definition is. Otherwise, no one will be able to answer.
Alternately, you could just assume the answer is no, which is probably the case anyway.
Okay then: A solar sail follows that definition. So it's not correct to disqualify it like you did earlier. There's your answer.
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