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__WEEKLY QUESTIONS__
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 * Why do tornadoes happen?-**// //from// [|//http://mikton.com/florine_ppt/sld003.htm//]



//**Is it possible to defy gravity? -** article from http://www.globalfind.net/Science_217/Theoretically-is-it-Possible-to-Defy-Gravity_2875///////

//Theoretically is it Possible to Defy Gravity?//
//Many believe it is possible to build an anti-gravity machines and there are many small version which can do this by interfering with the gravity waves. Other say why build an anti-gravity wave machine when you can use the gravity to pull you the other way. Some say hogwash; conspiracy theories and UFOs and all the other stuff. They flat say it can never be done. If you see it done it is a trick, it is impossible they say. Well how about a gravity reflector; which takes the gravity waves and increases them on which ever side it needs to move towards? Collect the gravity waves and enhance them. Many talk about using pulse or gravity wave interference waves; gamma bursts or high-energy usage waves to get between it. Why not take in the gravity waves in a pass thru mechanism, collect them as they approach the object and re-direct them around your object to the other side and enhance them. Thus the gravity wave pulling you is now being used to slow you down or stop you or even like a Star Wars traction beam now pulling you away? How hard could that be really? We divert radar waves; redirect sound waves. We have direction microwave, ultrasonic, light, etc.. Use a wave within a wave scenario; out going cone shaped wave to collect it to a point and then allow it a pass thru and as it leave it pull? A thought. Yet there are many ways to modulate, sculpt and manipulate frequency and waves. Maybe we are looking at the problem backwards. We should be thinking of re-direction or creation of gravity waves as much as the elimination of them thru our current red lining running studies of disruption. We should be using the whole track, the whole brain and the whole field to be thinking on. The most interesting projects right now seem to be with NASA, Lockheed and The Boeing Company Research divisions. Germany, Japan and others are too studying this stuff. Way out stuff if you consider the laws of Newton and apples falling from trees to be your basis. I guess it would be time to move forward on the future uses of gravity. Think of the applications for gravity control. Too hot; Global warming, orbit further from the sun. Global Cooling; come closer again? For space ship, travel, airlifts of entire populations from SuperPlume impending death or Massive Mother Nature events it would be cool to put them all on a giant football field size flying carpet and merely moving them to a safer local? Would also be very good for moving major heavy weight from our atmosphere to space for deployment or Moon Bases? I often contemplate if power issues are the major problem we believe it to be? Maybe it is just our inability to manipulate, create or control it. This is a temporary issue from our linear thinking on the issue from past academia and physics study. We have unlimited power in the universe, borrow some, return it, it is not created or destroyed, merely borrowed and returned. Think on this. "Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; [|//www.WorldThinkTank.net /wttbbs//]


 * Can we make it to Mars in the next 20 years? -** from http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/003037.html////

//Star Wars or A Peaceful Life on Mars: NASA Gets The World Dreaming About The Next 20-30 Years//
// If peace on earth is no longer feasible by the end of the century, you may have another option: Move to Mars! Yesterday, the head of NASA's surface exploration mission said if we can find water on the red planet, people would be able to land there within the next 20-30 years. Since January, two partially solar-powered "robot geologists" -- Mars Exploration Rovers, or MERs -- have been beaming back data from the planet and its craters. Scientists often call Mars is Earth's sister planet. The two planets are close enough in size to have the same physical properties. Asked how long it could be before astronauts land on Mars, Arthur Thompson, mission manager for MER surface operations, told Reuters in an interview in Lima, "My best guess is 20 to 30 years, if that becomes our primary priority."...


 * Will we make hover cars soon? -** from http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread225312/pg//////


 * //**Out of the Box**// ||  ||  || //**posted on 11-9-2006 @ 12:17 PM**// ||   ||   ||
 * //**Hover Cars Soon to Be a Reality?

I was reading New Scientist magazine earlier today, and found a very interesting article about an engineer who is developing a type of 'hover engine'.

Here is an overview from MSN news:**//

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A British inventor has developed a prototype spacecraft engine which he claims could one day be used to create hover cars and aircraft without wings.

Roger Shawyer's pioneering electromagnetic drive, or "emdrive", uses microwaves to generate thrust and produces no pollutants, New Scientist reported.

The device was initially designed to replace the small thrusters satellites use to stay in orbit, which rely on a heavy fuel supply.

The emdrive would halve satellites' launch weight because it is powered only by microwaves generated from solar energy.

Mr Shawyer has already built a prototype emdrive capable of generating about 16 millinewtons of thrust using 1 kilowatt of electrical power.

He told New Scientist he hoped to see the engine tested in space within two years and estimated it could save the space industry $15 billion over the next decade.

The engineer next wants to create a thruster powerful enough to replace the combustion engine.

Mr Shawyer said a hover car with an emdrive cooled and powered by liquid hydrogen could end the world's dependence on petrol.

He added: "You need something different to persuade people to make the switch. Perhaps being able to move in three dimensions rather than two would do the trick."

Mr Shawyer was previously a senior aerospace engineer at Matra Marconi Space and worked on the EU's Galileo satellite navigation system. His research is supported by £250,000 of Department of Trade and Industry funding. **//

//**So perhaps in the not so distant future we could be flying to work in 'hover cars'!?

Is there anyone here on ATS who has much knowledge of this subject area who can give us more information on this principle?

Thanks

[edit on 11-9-2006 by Out of the Box]**// ||

//**Will the volcaneo at yellow stone park ever explode? -** from http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm//

//**image from Smith and Siegel, 2000 ...Fortunately, the Yellowstone volcanic system shows no signs that it is headed toward such an eruption in the near future. In fact, the probability of any such event occurring at Yellowstone within the next few thousand years is exceedingly low....**


 * How fast is the speed of light? -** from [|//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light//]

...In imperial units, the speed of light is about 186,282.397 miles per second, which is about one foot per nanosecond....//

//**What is the life span of an average human? -** from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy////