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(...) hehe.. and that was a docking incident, even.. o_O lysdexics of the world untie! (not poking fun, I do have mild dyslexia) Joel J (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Woo hoo! :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:tftfat0suhi02f1...4ax.com... (...) hydrogen (...) Any ionozed atom reacts to a magnetic field (since it has charge). I always assumed a Bussard ramjet requires a *big* electromagnetic scoop, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:9889lg$s7$1@ana...net.foo... (...) cannot (...) parts (...) right (...) rotational (...) probably (...) in (...) implies (...) minifigs (...) How about this: build a large drum (or box) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well... the intrepid crew of the Taranis had a.... docking indecent it seems. While attempting to land at the Jericho Tactical Industries starport orbiting the friendly planet of Jacobsen III, they were forced to take last minute evasive (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Paul, That looks even cooler with the bigger pictures! I really like the articulated head and tail. I also like how the animals are posed alongside the model. Great work! Paul Hartzog <panarchy23@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) We talked about a similar trip to Mars awhile ago (it was 40 hours, I think). (...) Actually, Proxima is 4.22. But we'd be more interested in Alpha Centauri A and B, which are 4.35 ly distant. (...) d(A&B) = 4.35 ly = 4e16 m (...) sqrt(4e16 / (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) BWAHAHAHAHA...uh... ok ok...at least you get the picture of what I'm trying to do there. It goes: clickity-click, barba-trick! Voila! New configuration. ;^) ~Trev Astro Lift Co. (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Aaaahhhhhh-ha! I withdraw my previous guess. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Alien Resurrection? (...) Heh... cool. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) This rocks. Its lines *almost* resemble those of the Thunderbolt model Starfury from Babylon 5... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) My figures (hasn't this been done in off-topic already?) note: 3e8 is 3 * 10^8 or 300,000,000 Proxima Centauri - about 9 ly away 1 year = 31557600 seconds, or 3e7 s c = 3e8 m/s (speed of light) 1 ly = 3e7 s * c d = Proxima Centauri = about (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Cool! (...) True true :-D --Kyle (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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You could probably squeeze 10 or 12 troops in the transport. The 6 troops in the last image can line up on either side of the ramp inside the ship. The sides narrow from the ramp area to the cockpit. Also, there is a entrance hatch to the cockpit. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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Pretty cool! THe transprt looks cool, but how much interior/cargo space does it have? And wouldn't the Spiffy get some damage when it wrecks? :-P (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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I'm going to chime in, and hopefully not get smacked down to hard. I read a book a whole bunch of years ago called The Forever War. I believe that the military was placing troopers in special suits and putting them all in basically giant vats of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Damraska wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] Here's another problem: with the conventional approach of acceleration via some propulsion, artificial gravity is not your problem. The real problem is shedding the excessive G's. My numbers could (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Would it be possible to make a Bussard scoop out of some kind of projected magnetic field? Two basic questions here: 1. do hydrogen atoms react to magnetic fields and 2. could such a field be constructed/projected? Unfortunately, I don't have (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh, thanks Mladen... you beat me to the punch. But I was going to address another point in the original posting: About big spherical fuel tanks: If you study space flight and chemical propulsion systems, you'll find that using any technology (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(URL) F3 Transport -Nice angles. Guess where this is from. :) UPDATED: Spiffy -Better images + Spiff crashes and encounters a zart! Taxi -Better images + interior. Tell me what you think! Elliot ehyde@mac.com (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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