Wouldn't you think that we would be traveling into space in flying saucers or Millenium Falcons by now?
2006-07-25 22:33:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You are 100% correct !!
Liquid Fuel ?,Like my mom's station wagon?
Come On ! Please !
2006-07-25 22:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not quite, but you're right: the Space Shuttle and all chemically-fueled rockets are practically Stone-Age technology (so is the internal-combustion engine, for that matter; sad to say, I own one of those in my car).
It's about time that we perfected nuclear- and ion-drive rocket engines for deep-space exploration, and started serious work on the Equatorial Geosynchronous Space Elevator that Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote of in "The Fountains of Paradise," which will eventually render chemical rockets obsolete.
2006-07-25 22:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by The Sage on the Hudson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋