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[ - ] drstrangegub 1 point 10 monthsMay 25, 2023 15:58:29 ago (+1/-0)*

so how is it clive cussler was writing about magneto-hydrodynamic drives 20 years ago in his modern day swasbuckling books. his protagonist outfitted an old cargo ship into a high-tech privateer with magnetohydrodynamic drives. it was called the oregon. this article actually mentions those drives.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Files#Overview so what gives? you fibbin? or did they finally make this work?

[ - ] Spaceman84 [op] 1 point 10 monthsMay 25, 2023 16:53:54 ago (+1/-0)

The Chinese claim they got it working well enough to announce it back in 2017.

[ - ] uvulectomy 0 points 10 monthsMay 25, 2023 17:45:31 ago (+0/-0)

Nips had the Yamato-1 operating in Kobe Harbor back in 1992. At a blistering 8 knots.

[ - ] drstrangegub 1 point 10 monthsMay 25, 2023 15:54:24 ago (+1/-0)

Remember the Oregon!

[ - ] jigganiggaboo 0 points 10 monthsMay 25, 2023 18:40:11 ago (+0/-0)

Watch as the ships pass by leaving a huge trail of dead fish in its wake becuase every thing even remotely close to it in the ocean gets fried