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(...) Wow, that's quite a bit more complicated than I assumed... (...) Yup, I had those in mind for vehicles which actually travel through atmosphere. (...) No thank YOU, George, for clearing some things up. What about this, taken from the SF novel (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote: shnipage (...) I've always wondered about this. Although particles would have no atmosphere to be whisked around the shape with, wouldn't a particle hitting a 45 degree angle transfer only part if it's energy to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) True, of course. However, I was wondering about the most efficient design to make that large ammount of energy used effeciently! (...) In mine the situation is similar.. (...) Thanx! Love, Sylvi (22 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I thought that when they would develop near lightspeed capabilities, they would develop shields, too! What if you just put water all over the hull? It would instantly turn to very hard ice and that would shield the ship against (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Pretty right on your first point. Aerodynamics works where there is an atmosphere. A ship that is capable of nearlight speed would be have to have some type of deflector for those few in-vacuum molecules, because as you point out, they would (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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