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To: LibWhacker
I wonder if these guys know about the conservation of momentum! In order to accelerate a mass in space, you have to expel mass. Nano stuff isn't going to do it.

ML/NJ

13 posted on 07/13/2009 10:53:00 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

The ships are particle accelerators. So they are expelling mass at nearly lightspeed. There’s your propulsion, and that’s why the ship has to be kept tiny and light.


19 posted on 07/13/2009 11:12:42 AM PDT by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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