CleverClothe

The Infinite Improbability Drive.

The PB-ION is the definition of over powered. It is over 2,000 times more powerful than NEXT (comparable ion engine). And about 500 times more powerful than the VASIMR that will be tested on the ISS (which needs capacitors just to run the thing).

First thing that popped into my mind: http://xkcd.com/327/ Perhaps annoying Wikipedia with 999546 B'g]R''k.

No, limited by the resolution of the T.V. I too have been using my T.V. as my monitor for several years. But the lower resolution is noticeable. The up side is that I can watch content from my couch and did not have to by a separate 3-D setup for my monitor.

I feel Dihydrogen Monoxide gets a bad rap for that. Especially since it literally has nothing to do with dehydration.

Preposterous, this is the only proper place to discuss such topics. Stop trying to stifle topics that YOU don't like. That is a colony, in the way the word is used around here.

Aye. This is also something that happens with XKCD comics that reference Google search results.

In aviation it means that engines can pull from tanks on both sides of a plane. Not between tanks. SpaceX is planning true asparagus.

Not flow freely. Cross-feed is probably a bad term because it isn't the exact same concept as in aviation. But for rockets, the Space Shuttle, KSP fuel lines and the proposed Falcon Heavy are all the same concept.

I think Nibb31 is just one of those guys that would rather sit around drinking beer and remembering the "good ole days" when men shat into bags and counted themselves lucky. Which, admittedly, is a significant improvement over ****ting into holes in the ground.

Per the quoted definition, Skylon can not be considered vaporware. Vaporware is a very specific term. I get that some people have a malicious attitude toward Skylon, just don't abuse language because of it.

KSP is the same in both, so it will apply.

First, don't necro. It is bad form. Second, if you are lacking thrust at any point, your asparagus is poorly designed. Even so, once you are horizontal you only need about 1.0 TWR.

Please do not necro old threads. Also, Fractal_UK was referring to real life construction, which probably won't help you.

Skylon isn't vaporware by any stretch of the word. Even assuming that you can apply that term to something outside the computer industry. OT: My answer would be Dragon for flying/flown craft. What can I say, I like the new hotness. If you include proposed/prototype craft, then I would say the Venture Star (X-33).