space.newscientist.com— Star Trek Tech Alert: Magnetic "deflector shields" could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off.
Apr 18, 2007View in Crawl 4
there is something wrong with this idea.space ship takes off.magnetic shields attracts all the space junk.space ship destroyed.(correct me if i am wrong)
@mrmagentaConsidering you JUST watched it, I'm sure you caught the fact that they were talking about Star Wars, and not Star Trek when Randall made the LOTR geek puke. Were you high when you watched it? In related news, this is a pretty cool read.
I wonder how much energy it would take to put a shield like this around a ship the size of the shuttle. Or better yet is there a size per watt ratio? Anyone?
shadowkiller137Apr 19, 2007
this is not missile defense, it's for very small particles and EM waves
ablez3Apr 19, 2007
there is something wrong with this idea.space ship takes off.magnetic shields attracts all the space junk.space ship destroyed.(correct me if i am wrong)
jackkerouacApr 19, 2007
You are wrong.
mrmagentaApr 19, 2007
LORD OF THE RINGS FTW(i just watched clerks 2)
bootfailApr 19, 2007
@mrmagentaTricorders are star trek, not star wars.
nathanwalkerApr 19, 2007
@mrmagentaConsidering you JUST watched it, I'm sure you caught the fact that they were talking about Star Wars, and not Star Trek when Randall made the LOTR geek puke. Were you high when you watched it? In related news, this is a pretty cool read.
mc_carterApr 19, 2007
Then how will a new and hip fantastic 4 save us from dr. doom.
wacerApr 19, 2007
I wonder how much energy it would take to put a shield like this around a ship the size of the shuttle. Or better yet is there a size per watt ratio? Anyone?