Fast neutrons should be 1% of light speed, oops. I have been following the thread To Radiate or not to Radiate and after reading Friedman's book; it would be nice if cold fusion could be encouraged to emit fast heavy particles in one direction. That could take probes to the nearest stars.
If inertial mass (gravitomagnetic mass) could then be reduced with a Podkletnov type device, in combination, mankind goes himself to the stars. If this is true as Fermi has said, "Where are they?" Frank Z -----Original Message----- From: fznidarsic <fznidar...@aol.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 9:21 pm Subject: [Vo]:read Stanton Friedman's "Flying Saucers and Science" read Stanton Friedman's "Flying Saucers and Science" I would say that Stanton is much more of an advocate John Alexander. Considering the subject material, I am much more skeptical than Stanton. I like Johns Alexander's more balanced stance. Stanton comments about our friend Robert Park, "they are almost completely ignorant of scientific publications about flying saucers." He beats up Robert Park in chapter called "Dr. Park Deception" "He (Dr. Park) makes sure he lets us know how smart he is compared to an average Joe." and more...Jed likes Dr. Park more than Stanton does. I don't know, Park, may have some good points as it goes Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence. I believe that the best evidence to date is marginal. Stanton does a chapter on nuclear propulsion, which he worked on in the 1950's. I had no clue how far along this technology was. If we would have continued we may have had probes at the nearest stars by now. Then again we may have had another nuclear mess. I liked the idea of ejecting fast neutrons as a propellant. They go at 10% the speed of light and may have produced a measurable continuous thrust for some time. The goal is one g of thrust for one year, that would get us out there. Shielding was a problem with nuclear reactors in space and, perhaps, the shielding effect of cold fusion may now offer a solution, I don't know. I read the book on my just now purchased Kindle Fire for $200. Its cool, it works to read a book with limited pictures and graphs, send email, and can curse the interest through a WI-FI link, however, I like the big screen and a keyboard. I does not take pictures, accept a mike, or do Skype. Just imagine how bad my grammar would have been if I pecked out this e-mail on my Kindle Fire. Frank Z
