From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:03:32 +1100
Subject: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
G'day, Thought this might interest some of you "Nuclear fusion could power NASA spacecraft" http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993294 Cheers
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:10:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
And here all along I thought it would be 2 cats, strapped back-toback, with magnets on their paws, dropped between banks of coils.... > --- Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993294 > Cheers
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:18:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
Seriously, though, Beth, thanks. This is a pretty cool article, and exciting news, if it gets the go-ahead it needs AND if it works. --- Brian Bilderback <greywanderer987@yahoo.com> wrote: > And here all along I thought it would be 2 cats, http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993294 > >
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:20:58 +1100
Subject: RE: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
G'day,
From: Corey Saltiel <corey@a...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:24:31 -0800
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
> On Thursday 23 January 2003 02:18 pm, Brian Bilderback wrote: Actualy, I think your idea with the cats has potential. Time for some experimentation. ...heeere kitty kitty...
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:32:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
> --- Corey Saltiel <corey@axcelerant.com> wrote: > Actualy, I think your idea with the cats has Have you ever angered a cat? I'd rather take my chances with the plasma.....
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:15:39 +0100
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
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From: Tony Christney <tchristney@t...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:16:02 -0800
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
> On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 03:15 AM, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote: So you seal the ship, activate the drive, stop the drive and then try to figure out 1) if the drive worked at all; 2) where the hell it took you to! Personally, I would rather go with the improbability drive than the uncertainty drive. You have better control. ;-) Also a physics major,
From: Richard Kirke <richardkirke@h...>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:26:06 +0000
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
> Works best with Mr.Schrödinger's cats ;-) Only half of the time ;-) don't forget buttered toast.
From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:35:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
And when you are done, you can drink the tea... Donald Hosford > Tony Christney wrote: > On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 03:15 AM, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote: > you to!
From: Richard Kirke <richardkirke@h...>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:52:17 +0000
Subject: Re: [FT] Is this what main drives might be?
> And when you are done, you can drink the tea... Unless you evolved arms long enough to reach for the sugar ;-)