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ORVILLE, the mouse, is the 1st Worldwide Electronaut
JLN labs ^
| 01/08/03
| Jean-Louis Naudin
Posted on 01/20/2003 9:28:22 AM PST by dark_lord
On January 8th, 2003, ORVILLE, the mouse, has done successfully two historical flights as a test pilot of the Lifter "Maximus". ORVILLE is now the 1st Worldwide "Electronaut " pilot which has done a flight aboard a propellantless electrokinetic craft.
ORVILLE's weight is 24 grammes, it is a very nice and cool mouse.
The Lifter "Maximus" is launched successfully with the 1st "Electronaut" on board...
ORVILLE has done two flights aboard the Lifter "Maximus" and is still very active...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electronaut; liftertechnology; orvillemouse
This site is really pretty amazing. Also check out the base link for
JLN Labs site. The link to the Japanese lifter is really pretty cool. If you have RealPlayer and a fast Web connection you can see the video clips of these "lifters". This is really amazing stuff. This link:
lifters is the one to go to for lots of pictures and details on lifter experiments from around the world.
Some photos:
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posted on
01/20/2003 9:28:22 AM PST
by
dark_lord
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posted on
01/20/2003 9:29:58 AM PST
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To: dark_lord
Most interesting. I spent quite a while with this page and think I'll play with these lifters a bit myself.
To: MineralMan
bump
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posted on
01/20/2003 10:04:27 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Memetic Engineer in training.)
To: dark_lord
Upon further examination .... fascinating.
So far it appears that demonstrated thrust is in the milli-Newton levels.
Now extrapolate what this technology may be able to do in 20 years. Especially if they can get the differentials into the gigavolt range. UAV's could sit up there possibly indefinately with sensors for automated aerial surveillance and interdiction systems.
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posted on
01/20/2003 10:11:39 AM PST
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Centurion2000
(Memetic Engineer in training.)
To: Centurion2000
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posted on
01/20/2003 10:24:18 AM PST
by
Trityn
To: Centurion2000
Twenty years?
Think the mouse will make it that long?
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posted on
01/20/2003 12:14:34 PM PST
by
norton
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