• @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    -11 month ago

    This post is clearly being brigaded by anti-Russia accounts. Space fans wouldn’t be so obsessive in their nationalism that they forget Russia’s space capabilities.

    • @Bimfred@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The average velocity across the entire trip would have to be several hundred km/s. Average. Peak velocity would have to be a lot higher, to account for acceleration and deceleration. They’re claiming to have built a torch drive that beats the thrust power of all other (currently existing or in early development) propulsion methods by an order of magnitude. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

      • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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        -11 month ago

        Yes, they should show not tell. But this wouldn’t be Russia’s first space travel breakthrough by a long shot. I wouldn’t jump to disbelief so readily.