Earth based rocket system are wholly inadequate to launch star bound ships. Their size and complexity make it prohibitively resource intensive. So, in orbit structures are necessary to build and launch interstellar ships. Sadly, we are hopelessly unable to even begin building such structures. Our current energy production and other requirements keep us far short of the mark. Interstellar travel will likely require protection from space debris. At slow speeds protection from intercepting bodies is necessary, and at high speeds protection from even small particles is crucial. An impact with a high energy particle at relativistic speeds may be catastrophic. So, large scale shields need to be designed, constructed and deployed for interstellar ships. But, we currently lack the will, the capacity, and the resources to engage in such endeavors.

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Challenges with Interstellar Travel. Anti-radiation and gravity systems. In this episode I discuss the biggest problems with interstellar travel: 1. Our inability to block cosmic radiation, and 2. our inability to generate gravity. These two are absolute show stoppers for even nearby space missions, let alone interstellar travel. We absolutely must solve these problems if we want to even consider deep space human crewed travel. Radiation is lethan to people, and it must be blocked. Never mind treatment, genetic enhancement, or partial filtering of radiation. Complete protection from cosmic radiation is a must. For this, highly effective barriers or fields are necessary. Gravity is also necessary for human health. Forget becoming other species to endure low or no gravity. We can and must generate centripital force gravity on a gigantic scale. Check this episode out, it’s got the basics on what you want to know about these major problems preventing humanity from crewed interstellar flight.
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Welcome to part 1 of Aircraft and Flight. This program is a collection of articles, primarily from wikipedia.org, about the history of aircraft and flight. On this first part, I discuss the history of flight beginning in pre-history and ancient times. Then, I move on to the first kites of China, hot air balloons and rigid airships in Europe. Then it moves to heavier than air flying machines in America, Europe, and Oceania. This first part of this rich history focuses on pre-1903, the era prior to the Wright Brothers. The Wrights, who are credited to be the first to perform a “powered controllable flight with a heavier than air machine”.Notice on bias. This program’s primary source is the Wikipedia article “History of Aviation”, in english. Its author’s, appear to me, somewhat biased for the claim that the Wright Brothers performed the world’s first “piloted, powered, heavier-than-air, controllable flight” in 1903. However, using this definition, there are other credible contenders as included in this article. So, listen carefully as contender’s flights are often labeled as “hops”, and are downplayed as “failed, uncontrolled, too- short, to low, etc”.Ultimately, the purpose of this program is to catalog and credit all of aviation’s known contributors, and leave you with the fact that no one person “invented” aviation.Introduction to the wikipedia.org article: History of Aviation.History of aviation – Wikipedia“The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight.[1] In the 15th-century Leonardo da Vinci created several flying machine designs incorporating aeronautical concepts, but they were unworkable due to the limitations of contemporary knowledge.In the late 18th century, the Montgolfier brothers invented the hot-air balloon which soon led to manned flights. At almost the same time, the discovery of hydrogen gas led to the invention of the hydrogen balloon.[3] Various theories in mechanics by physicists during the same period, such as fluid dynamics and Newton's laws of motion, led to the development of modern aerodynamics; most notably by Sir George Cayley. Balloons, both free-flying and tethered, began to be used for military purposes from the end of the 18th century, with France establishing balloon companies during the French Revolution.In the 19th century, especially the second half, experiments with gliders provided the basis for learning the dynamics of winged aircraft; most notably by Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, and Octave Chanute. By the early 20th century, advances in engine technology and aerodynamics made controlled, powered, manned heavier-than-air flight possible for the first time. In 1903, following their pioneering research and experiments with wing design and aircraft control, the Wright brothers successfully incorporated all of the required elements to create and fly the first aeroplane. The basic configuration with its characteristic cruciform tail was established by 1909, followed by rapid design and performance improvements aided by the development of more powerful engines."Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aviationHector Vladimir 2015-2024©https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWqApEqGtc6nd-_C6bkiKnMxLBg7DfgKhttp://www.youtube.com/@hbcsolarpvtechhttps://www.youtube.com/@HBCSolarPVTechByronPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Info-Pres. Collection of articles, commentary, and posts about Shivkar Bapuji Talpade. Talpade is said to have constructed an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft called Marutsakhā ("friend of the air") and flown it over Bombay's Chowpatty Beach in 1895. There are no contemporary reports of a successful flight, and no reliable historical records document its existence. Talpade's aircraft was said to have flown to an altitude of 1,500 feet (460 m). Pratap Velkar, a local architect who has researched Talpade's life and written a book about him, denies this, stating that it rose to a low altitude before crashing. The plane has been described as a bamboo cylinder, with claims that it used mercury or urine as fuel. Some of Talpade's drawings were said to have been sent to Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), but Anuradha Reddy, an aviation historian, was unable to locate them. The aircraft itself was described as having been sold to Rallis Brothers or to HAL. Some accounts of the event state that the flight was witnessed by Sayajirao Gaekwad III, then the Maharaja of Baroda, but direct evidence of this is scarce. Velkar states that no royalty attended, as it was not well publicized. Some versions of the story say that Talpade was advised by Subbaraya Shastry (1866 - 1940), who later wrote Vaimānika Shāstra ("Science of Aeronautics"), a text often associated with descriptions of aircraft in the Vedas.

Sources:

ShivkarBapuji Talpade An uncelebrated Indian Inventor ShivkarBapuji Talpade - Wikipedia A “Vedic” flying machine; Myth or Historic reality? | Sand Prints

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Reading of the article from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia “The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. The statue was a chryselephantine sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels on a wooden framework. Zeus sat on a painted cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The statue was lost and destroyed before the end of the 6th century AD, with conflicting accounts of the date and circumstances. Details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins and art. Contents 1 History 2 Loss and destruction 3 Phidias' workshop 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 Further reading 8 External links History The statue of Zeus was commissioned by the Eleans, custodians of the Olympic Games, in the latter half of the fifth century BC for their newly constructed Temple of Zeus. Seeking to outdo their Athenian rivals, the Eleans employed sculptor Phidias, who had previously made the massive statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon. The statue occupied half the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. The geographer Strabo noted early in the 1st century BC that the statue gave "the impression that if Zeus arose and stood erect he would unroof the temple." The Zeus was a chryselephantine sculpture, made with ivory and gold panels on a wooden substructure. No copy in marble or bronze has survived, though there are recognizable but only approximate versions on coins of nearby Elis and on Roman coins and engraved gems. The 2nd-century AD geographer and traveler Pausanias left a detailed description: the statue was crowned with a sculpted wreath of olive sprays and wore a gilded robe made from glass and carved with animals and lilies. Its right hand held a small chryselephantine statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory; its left a scepter inlaid with many metals, supporting an eagle. The throne featured painted figures and wrought images and was decorated with gold, precious stones, ebony, and ivory. Zeus' golden sandals rested upon a footstool decorated with an Amazonomachy in relief. The passage underneath the throne was restricted by painted screens. Pausanias also recounts that the statue was kept constantly coated with olive oil to counter the harmful effect on the ivory caused by the "marshiness" of the Altis grove. The floor in front of the image was paved with black tiles and surrounded by a raised rim of marble to contain the oil. This reservoir acted as a reflecting pool which doubled the apparent height of the statue. According to the Roman historian Livy, the Roman general Aemilius Paullus (the victor over Macedon) saw the statue and "was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person", while the 1st-century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles. [article continues].

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia The New Period Chat Radio presents: Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worldhttps://www.youtube.com/@thenewperiodhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6upa16ru_Cz0QV19XB-KWBpDNZ8N4Ukehttps://www.youtube.com/@thenewperiodcrPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/Hector Vladimir 2025©

The New Period. The Case Of. Claudia Patricia Gómez González. Part 3. Update! November 2024. From USA Today Report on June 24, 2024 by Rick Jervis (USA TODAY).“Dark details emerge in probe of controversial Border Patrol shooting”https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/06/21/claudia-gomez-shooting-border-patrol-texas-rangers-investigation/74071719007/ Here I report from near the actual site of the shooting of May 2018, in Rio Bravo, TX. After I visited the site on Centeno Lane, I made a recording of this update at the very Exxon gas station where the CBP officer rested after the shooting took place. Listen to the entire report as I invite you to come to your conclusion as to what likely happened that day.Hector Vladimir 2025©Please subscribe @thenewperiodhttps//:www.youtube.com/@thenewperiodkeywords:Claudia Patricia Gomez GonzalesClaudia Patricia Gómez GonzálezHector Vladimir 2025©@thenewperiodPatreon page: https://www.patreon.com/hectorvladimirSubstack page: https://hectorvladimir.substack.com/

Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior on January 20, 2025. To me MLK was a hero, moral leader, and a messiah figure. I believe he may be all of these literally. And he went deep into our past, and current, ills in American society. His teachings, ideas, and thought are relevant today. We are still a very greedy, violent, and racist nation here in the U.S. And can learn much from his published work. The I Have a Dream speech goes far in telling us the America we were, are, and where we may go. But his many other speeches complete the picture of the whole man that he was. Not only his speeches but his interviews, books, and actions; make him a very different, more complete, person; than what he’s portrayed as. I encourage you to read, listen, and see MLK by going deeper than what TV, social media, and school teaches you. Here are a few links to his important speeches.

I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)

(August 28, 1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s

The Three Evils of Society

(August 31, 1967)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sT9Hjh0cHM

The current technology we have for interstellar space travel is very limited, with slow speeds and outdated rockets. Our fastest rocket, Saturn 5, could only reach speeds of about 25,000 km per hour, which means it would take 188,000 years to reach the closest star system, Alpha-Centauri. Nuclear propulsion, either through fusion or fission, is not yet feasible for interstellar flights. Fission reactors have slow escape velocities and pulse nuclear thrusters have technical challenges to overcome, such as blast recoil and radiation exposure for the crew. Nuclear fusion, if fully developed, holds the most promise for solving these problems. However, currently, we have to make do with the limited technology we have and accept the odds that are stacked against us in interstellar travel.

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