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To: billorites
"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's upleasantly like being drunk."

"What's so bad about being drunk?"

"You ask a glass of water."

I saw a show on worm holes and time travel a while back. I think they said, hypothetically, that it would take the 5%
of the mass of Jupiter to create a one meter diameter "rip" that would last for one second.

Just big enough for one person to jump through it.

So, the amount of energy required is phenomenal, and then, I'd bet you'd need to protect everything around it,
including the cargo...

19 posted on 01/08/2006 10:50:28 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's upleasantly like being drunk."

Hopefully they brought their towels!

32 posted on 01/08/2006 12:33:43 PM PST by md2576 (Desensitize loss of freedom with fear of imminent attacks.)
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To: Calvin Locke
I saw a show on worm holes and time travel a while back. I think they said, hypothetically, that it would take the 5% of the mass of Jupiter to create a one meter diameter "rip" that would last for one second. Just big enough for one person to jump through it.

...and good luck "aiming" it.

44 posted on 01/08/2006 1:27:50 PM PST by Ichneumon
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