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Re: Hypothetical design question
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:04:08 GMT
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Also, a solar sail uses light propulsion, cf. Attack of the Clones
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Actually the ship in SW2:AOTC could not have used light for propulsion. As the
ship must have used hyperspace speeds to reach Palpatine so quickly we must
conclude that whatever was used was far beyond any real science explanation.
Just to put Star Wars “hyperspace speed” in perspective; it is over 1000 times
faster than Star Trek subspace communications and sensor packets, and over
28,000 times faster than Warp 9.8
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) No, if you use simple conservation of momentum, at subrelatavistic speeds, you can still get a modest boost with a propellant speed of 2 mph. Your speed increase is propellant weight x 2 mph / remaining vehicle weight. since total momentem has (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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