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To: Red Badger

I was really looking forward to that 18 month slog to Pluto!


6 posted on 07/29/2015 10:40:41 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
From Google:

1 N is the force of Earth's gravity on a mass of about 102 g = (1⁄9.81 kg). On Earth's surface, a mass of 1 kg exerts a force of approximately 9.81 N [down] (or 1.0 kilogram-force; 1 kgf = 9.80665 N by definition).

From the article:

the researchers observed apparent thrusts of ~20 micro-Newton

So we're not talking much 'force' of acceleration here.................

14 posted on 07/29/2015 11:27:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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