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To: fso301

Current-day Ion Propulsion Systems (they do exist) apply the force equivalent to the “weight” of one sheet of paper. And yet they can move a spacecraft to thousands of miles per hour.


5 posted on 03/11/2011 5:06:36 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

Interesting....thanks for the example.


6 posted on 03/11/2011 5:35:04 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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