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(...) I usually assume Velcro, which is what real astronauts today use. (...) Trouble is, gravity radiates out in all directions from a single point (the center of mass). Unless your ship is spherical, it doesn't make much sense - at the extreme (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's even come up on Lugnet before... (URL) love the Moller Skycar. I remember first hearing about it on CNN a couple years ago... eric (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, this is really cool. I remember when Popular Mechanics ran an article about this back in the 80's :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Gee, seems like only a couple of months ago I was having fun tossing together the Supersucker 9000 model for the Classic Space contest. Today on AO-helL they were featuring the real thing! Check out: (URL) Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ooooh, tethers. I like that idea. Though I dunno how to build it in Lego. :) In fact, one could do something like this where both sides are habitation modules, and have an "elevator" that climbs and descends the tethers should minifigs need to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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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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