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2 posted on
07/18/2006 5:49:54 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Future spacecraft might be powered by advanced engines that use plasma as a propellant. In that case, the discarded plasma could be recycled for use as a radiation shield. "You're protected by your own exhaust," Slough says.
4 posted on
07/18/2006 5:52:36 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: KevinDavis
Gives new meaning to "Shields up!"
9 posted on
07/22/2006 10:40:54 AM PDT by
BlueOneGolf
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