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Re: RE: New idea Laser launcher/scoop systems
- To: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl, kgstar@most.magec.com,       stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl,       hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com,        David@interworld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, bmansur@oc.edu
- Subject: Re: RE: New idea Laser launcher/scoop systems
- From: KellySt@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 00:57:29 -0500
>>Kelly
> >>No.  As I showed you should be able to get up to a good % of C.  The
> >>canisters dock with the ship and offload fuel and are consumed for
reaction
> >>mass.  Thou during return to Sol the canisters are dethonated ahead of
the
> >>ship.
> >
> >Brian
> >That's cool!
> Tim
> No it's hot! :)
Kelly
Thank you, Thank you.  The bad news will probably when I figure the amount of
reaction mass the canisters need (at least it can be cheap stuff) and the
laser power needed.  But its still a nice simple system.
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> >Kelly
> >Right!  Or one of the other stars at the 4 to maybe 7 light year range.
 It
> >ain't Tau, but I try to do my part as the resident conservative designer.
 ;)
> Tim:
> I guess, I'm the progressive one? ;)
Kelly
Exotic, optimistic (CRAZY!).  ;)