Recent content by Jackthedon

I think I get the general idea. That ion drives are only useful in space because of the lack of gravity affecting it, hence why a large rocket is used to escape Earth's atmosphere. Fair enough. That discounts the ion drives, however are there any possible methods which could be used to create...

I'm not here to be a snob, I'm here to learn. So i'd really appreciate it if it could be explained why it isn't possible, where the flaws are etc. Instead of just telling me I don't know what I'm talking about when I've clearly stated this is just something I'm throwing out there.

Like I said I haven't exactly looked into this at all, and I've posted here because if someone is able to confidently tell me there isn't a chance in hell then it would save a lot of time

Would it be possible? -- A fifth mode of transport... There has been a lot of talk about developing a fifth mode of transport, and most of these involve some sort of tube such as the hyperloop idea from Elon Musk. Now I don't know why but I have the idea stuck in my head that the fifth mode of...