Fliggs is being a little rude, but there is some truth in what he says. Suppose someone has to say it, plus people have been feeding heiwa here for years and won't stop. Could you get mad at a fly that keeps going back to the same piece of meat that never goes away??
As for this argument about braking with wind resistance. I can promise you wind will stop you, other wise airplanes would need little fuel to fly(well they wouldn't be able to fly anyways, but that is a different story). I have went 257 mph on two wheels at the Texas Mile...i can promise you the air will stop you lol.
Even if there was an exact line between atmosphere and space (which there isn't) who cares? Ever skip a rock?? Just skip some times slow your approach then down ya go. This is basically what they do anyways.
Some of the people here just make me shake my head
I don't think I am being rude at all. In fact, I went out of my way to not be rude. But the facts are still unpalatable and there is no way to tell someone unwilling that they suffer from a serious and high-level mental illness that isnt deeply confronting. They probably already know they are poorly educated and have a low intelligence as more than a few school reports would have said just as much.
The actual foundational truth that these self-appointed (and deluded) need to become aware of is that they are deeply and seriously mentally ill. Once that permeates their minds, there is help that can improve their lives.
I am not rude, but I am not subtle either. They are all suffering serious mental illness(es).
Heiwa is Anders Björkman.
Here are my thoughts on him:
My guess professionally he feels like a failure and unwilling to admit it to himself. He is likely a narcissist and mildly delusional which fuels his need to feel important in the grand scheme of things. He is projecting when he claims others are suffering from cognitive dissonance. I would not be surprised to find out he learned about cognitive dissonance from a therapist or psychologist who was treating him.
Evidence:
1. He claims to have received a death sentence, because the US government has targeted him for revealing nuclear secretes.
2. He put this on his CV on his webpage,"Björkman is a nice, friendly guy with good humour. Very brave! Very clever! And good looking."
3. He designed a solution to prevent oil spills which I suspect he expected to be received with accolades and widely used. The reality is it was rejected by the US Coast Guard for use in US waters. My guess it would not be used anyway since it added complexity, cost and a rather significant loss of cargo space without adding any real benefits over a multi-hull design.
4. His willful ignorance when it comes to physics. He ignores Newton's, Kepler's and Ideal Gas Laws when it does not support his belief.
5 If people lose interest he bumps this thread, usually with something to bait people. You can see this if you look at some of his past post in this thread.
6. He lives in a building owned and operated by a company who manages subsidized housing.
7. His company does not appear on any list from official sources. The only place his company is listed is his website. He does not even provide a client or past project list.
8. He requested a nuclear bomb be detonated near his home. Not accepting if they granted the request it would at the very least be a health hazard to many people. This is a behavior of someone who at the very least thinks they are important enough to have this done just for them.
9. He feels the need to frequently say his challenge is very popular and it gets 500 visitors a day.
10. Mentions NASA and other space agencies have not submitted anything to him. When it is very likely people within these organizations likely never heard of him.
11. He resorts to insults, avoidance, burden of proof and claiming things off topic if he is pushed for answers and evidence for his claims.
12. He claimed to be in the satellite launch business. Then changed that to owning shares of a company who was. Then claimed he owned shares of a company that owns shares of a company that is. The reason he changed his claims was someone called him out and offered proof.
13. He moved the goal post for his challenge on more than one occasion and then denied he made any changes.
14. He claims no one has ever calculated the propellant use for him. When it has been done here and another forum.
That should be enough. I like to list the things like this in this thread every so often. Just in case a newcomer arrives and may take him seriously since he is an engineer.