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| (...) a (...) difference (...) You use Hydrogen gas as the coolant on a nuclear reactor, then vent it out the backside ('hot' as in thermally hot, not radioactive) The radiation from it is not all that intense...space is a vast area, and radiation (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I originally did this, but it is only a small clip of the song. Is there anyway to find out where a particular file is located so that I have the address for it so that I could create a link in a temporary page using NOF or MSFP? I've done (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) This is my cue to chant "The ringworld is unstable! the ringworld is unstable!", right? Jasper (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I refer you to: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) How do those work? and how much fallout do they leave behind, hanging in space, waiting for the next vehicle to pass through? I mean, it's not like radiation shielding isn't difficult enough already.. Anyway, what was it again, Project Orion? (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Ryan, MIDI files are not like audio files; they are a list of instructions that tell which instrument (from a known list) to play, how long and how loud each note is, etc). There's no automated way to convert recorded audio to MIDI. There ARE many (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| I think the problem with long-burn-time solid fuel engines is that the nozzle heats up so much that it erodes rapidly. Typical liquid-fueled engines cool the nozzle with the fuel just before it's burned. IsThere some Space-Age (Pardon the ancient (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I didn't *say* the problem was realistic. OTOH, if you're interested in some powerful interplanetary propulsion devices, I've got an idea that just needs a few more giga-bucks to bring to completion ... Steve (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FMt9In.55E@lugnet.com... (...) boosters (...) motors (...) burn (...) solid, (...) much (...) into (...) 1G (...) rocket, a (...) difference (...) Wow!..My first job was designing (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Of course, when you're going *that* far, you also have to count relativistic effects. Is '1g of acceleration' from the frame of the guy on the rocket, of the frame of the guy on Earth? (Important difference...) And then you have to figure out (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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