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Re: Transit Time to Mars
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:45:03 GMT
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:41:05 GMT, "Michael Horvath"
<mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote:
> What about those solar-powered space-sailboats that surf the cosmic rays.
Lightsails.
> Theoretically, they could approach the speed of light, but I wouldn't want to
> hit a dust particle at that speed!
You need a Ramjet-type magnetic field to safeguard you..
> (Not to mention that you would have to convert conventional matter into a more
> basic type of particle in order to go that fast.
No. I don't know where you got that idea, but all SF series on TV
today are usually simply wrong when it comes to advenced theory
explanation. So is Scientific American, for that matter.
Jasper
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| (...) more (...) I've heard of nanobots being able to construct atoms. Get a lot of those working in sync and you could construct a whole new me! (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) Theoretically, they could approach the speed of light, but I wouldn't want to hit a dust particle at that speed! (Not to mention that you would have to convert conventional matter into a more basic type of particle in order to go that fast. Of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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