Keeping an ion technology..

[Dannyalcatraz]

Researchers have announced the successful test flight of an ionic drive propelled airplane.

If this is true, it’s amazing!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/star-trek-style-apos-ionic-180000956.html

 

[Tonguez]

please tell me it took place in Bozeman, Montana

 

[ccs]

Awesome!

 

[Aeson]

It flies using static electricity. Anyone with hair would look like Don King or Buckwheat by the end of the flight.
Chashere sweaters would look like down jackets.lol

 

[Rabulias]

We are overdue for some sort of advancement...



From XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2074/

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It flies using static electricity. Anyone with hair would look like Don King or Buckwheat by the end of the flight.
Chashere sweaters would look like down jackets.lol

“We’re losing power! Quick, rub these emergency kittens on the emergency balloons!”

 

[ccs]

I love how the article cited that the researcher was inspired by the OS Star Treks shuttle.

That shuttle wasn't flying with that blue glow & lack of sound for any scientific reason. It was because of production budget & F/X limitations....
Any in-series reason as to how it worked was just Trekno-babble.

 

[trappedslider]

I love how the article cited that the researcher was inspired by the OS Star Treks shuttle.

That shuttle wasn't flying with that blue glow & lack of sound for any scientific reason. It was because of production budget & F/X limitations....
Any in-series reason as to how it worked was just Trekno-babble.

so? If it inspires him to do this what does matter if the source of inspiration is fake?

 

[Aeson]

The flip phone design was based on the Star Trek communicator. A lot of practical things were inspired by fiction.


Or was it friction?

 

[Tonguez]

The flip phone design was based on the Star Trek communicator. A lot of practical things were inspired by fiction.


Or was it friction?

well, theres the rub

though I suppose it explains the Clingons