Browsing all posts in September, 2012.

My Tesla Evolution 2: Ion Engine + Atom Smasher = Cosmic Engine

This is the third in a series. See also: My Tesla Evolution 1: Coil, Laser, Ion Rocket How Nikola Tesla & A Butter Knife Turned Me Into A Rocket Scientist   I never called it a “Cosmic Engine.” But that’s what the newspapers wound up calling it and the name stuck (see below). My Papa […]

My Tesla Evolution 1: Coil, Laser, Ion Rocket

WHICH ONE OF THESE COULD HAVE SHOCKED A SMALL CHILD INTO BEING A ROCKET SCIENTIST?   Thomas Edison didn’t invent direct current, but that’s what he used to power his other inventions. It’s hard to distribute and is limited. But still useful for an old technology. It’s impossible to tell whether it was the butter […]

How Nikola Tesla & A Butter Knife Turned Me Into A Rocket Scientist

NEW! The Kindle edition of my Cold War thriller, The Tesla Bequest, was published today. Click here for more.     Nikola Tesla turned me into a rocket scientist. Or it might have been a butter knife that did it. I think both. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BUTTER KNIFE The butter knife came first, […]