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To: FierceDraka
It's going to have to be some form of nuclear power - fission, fusion, or some combination thereof.

Maybe for interplanetary expeditions, but for interstellar travel, rockets won't cut it.

44 posted on 06/09/2004 9:09:23 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Maybe for interplanetary expeditions, but for interstellar travel, rockets won't cut it.

Indeed. Interstellar travel could rely on rockets - if powered by the raw fury of a matter-antimatter reaction.

45 posted on 06/09/2004 11:31:24 PM PDT by FierceDraka ("Party Before Country" - The New Motto of the Democratic Party)
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