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What are atoms?
If we build a VTOL disc from atoms, and we want to travel them with our atom-based bodies, than we should learn more about atoms.
Size
Relative to the size of a VTOL disc, atoms are extremely small. They can not be viewed using an optical microscope, because they are thousands of times smaller than the wave length of the visible spectrum (380–750 nm).
And that's not all; they say that atoms are mainly empty space inside.
How many atoms are needed to build one VTOL disc? Euhh...
Simple
Smaller often goes together with less complexity. There are different kinds of atoms but the variety isn't endless at all. The periodic table tells me there's only about 102 different kinds of atoms. Atoms are pretty simple combinations of just a few primary basic elements. Atoms can't be any combination though; it has to be a stable combination, otherwise it won't last as long as atoms do. There has to be a balance in the atom's structure.
Energy
An atom seems to simply be a great lot of energy in space. How all that energy stays together I don't know, but it does. There might be a misconception though; some people think vacuum space is empty, while other people think the vacuum of space is actually high pressure energy. In the second case, an atom might more be like a vortex, a lot of motion around a center of less pressure, the very center being more nothing than something. A problem with high pressure energy space, is that when there's no pressure difference, the energy can't be harvest.
Anyhow can an atom be a power source of us. Chemical reactions release a little bit of energy. Atomic reactions release much more energy, but for example nuclear fusion turns only a small part of the mass into free energy. So, there's a lot to learn/gain here, how to harvests all the energy, safely.
Example of a powerful chemical reaction:
O + O + H + H + H + H = H2O + H2O + energy
(search for "Brown's Gas")
Examples of a nucliar reaction:
- The sun (fusion)
- An atom bomb (fission/splitting or fusion/merging)
Acceleration
There is one major problem with building a space ship from atoms: atoms don't want to accelerate! They don't mind having a high relative speed, but resist against acceleration. If the goal is to build an accelerating type of space ship, it can better not be made of atoms.
A good alternative would turn the ship into light while traveling. Light has no acceleration resistance, but is limited to the speed of light, which is not enough for serious space travel. Another option might be to alter the space around and in front of the space ship, making the atoms resist against not accelerating (relative to the start position).
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