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Re: Most likely candidate for future spaceship propulsion
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Originally Posted by Moontanman
You are grossly misinformed my friend, what you are saying violates at least two or maybe three laws of the universe. Magnetic fields have no effect on uncharged particles and a moving object continues to move unless acted on by an out side force. These are some of the most basic principles of the universe. It's sad you cannot see this.
Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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If a missile were flying through the air, and it's rocket boosters were turned off, it would slow down, and fall back to Earth.
Same thing with the Magnetic Sail craft, although it would be moving so fast that it would take a lot longer to slow down, it's weight would eventually catch up.
Larger objects actually slow down faster.
This is the way it works. You can't coast, unless coasting is just a long long long deceleration.
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Furthermore weight is an outside force, just like the Earth is an outside force keeping us on the ground.
Speed increases mass/weight, which is why punches hurt and nudges don't.
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