I don’t know, Twellsy, but this took out Newcastle Airport, which is over the fields from us. No power outage, here. I read that Ipswich Hospital’s Emergency Generator failed and that staff were working flat out to keep patients safe. I am practically clawing my eyes out in frustration and disbelief - the EG at my hospital was tested every week.
Part-time rocket scientist here, and I tend to refer to the fusion rockets in The Expanse as Magic Space Drives because there is simply nothing physically plausible that gives both high thrust and high impulse…
Oh, I don’t mean “that we can build now”; I mean “that we have any idea we might one day be able to build”. Making a drive with high thrust and high impulse needs a whole new physics, not merely brilliant engineering.
No. I definitely can’t glide. Hang on - I’ll try it.
Splot.
Darnit - I’ll have a wee drinkie from that there glass. Fish can glide across floors with Houndly assistance. I rest my case.