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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 22:16:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Jasper Janssen writes:
> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:41:05 GMT, "Michael Horvath"
> <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote:
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> > What about those solar-powered space-sailboats that surf the cosmic rays.
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> Lightsails.
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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!
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> You need a Ramjet-type magnetic field to safeguard you..
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> > (Not to mention that you would have to convert conventional matter into a • more
> > basic type of particle in order to go that fast.
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> 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.
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> Jasper
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!
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