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| (...) The only thing I think it's missing is fuel tanks -- but I wiggle my fingers like this and *poof* it magically flies anyway! :-, I think that the reaction mass is probably the single most common neglected component of spacecraft seen here, but (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:H08vw7.As9@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) fingers (...) neglected (...) thin (...) In my universe, the engines double as the power source (ie, electrical, weapons, lights) and the prupulsion source. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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| More than you want to know indeed: The anti-particle particle pairs you mention happen as a result of quantum theory and the uncertainty principle. Since energy can never quite be zero, random fluctuations can appear, and then annhilate without (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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