Yep, I am. But a man-portable one. Bascially there are two key science-fictiona assumptions here. One is that the magnetic acceleration can be put into a rifle sized container (M16, AK47, etc.) and two is that a power source is suitable enough to make it worth while.
The part that was...
Let me start with the story first.
A group of friends and I were playing air-soft. During one of the breaks between matches one of folks there started waxing poetic and talking about how air-soft guns could be turned into real guns. The discussion turned to using magnetic rails in the...
Thank you all for your help.
Tony, the link you provided (orbitsimulator.com/orbiter/cfgData.exe) doesn't seem to work. I am also unable to get to the site by it's IP (207.150.192.12). Is your server down?
It's been a long time since I did any real math. For 3d distances isn't it...
Is there a resource showing relative distances between the planets charted for different times of the year?
Specifically, I'm looking for tables or software where I can type in a date, and a starting location, say Mars, and see the distance to a selected body in the solar system, say Jupiter...