starship-design: Re:

[Philip Bakelaar <pbakelaar@exit109.com>]

At 03:43 PM 7/28/96 +0100, Timothy van der Linden wrote:
>To all,
>
>My copy of the "argossi" document we got from Brian has some strange
>(erronous) cut and pastes in it. Am I the only one? If so would someone sent
>me a good copy (ASCII preferred).
>
>Here are some of the strange cut and pastes:
>(The [BLEEP] are mine)
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>Reflective Sail
>
>Just what is this reflective sail?  It is a super-thin, highly reflective
>she[BLEEP]The Argosy-class Starship
>by Brian V. Mansur
>
>Posted July 27, 1996
>
>[Figure 1: Labeled External View of ARGOSY Interstellar Cruise Mode]
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>==============================================================================
>Contents
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>Design Overview
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>payload and the drive module remain as one unit.  Both the habitat and the
>payload/drive modules are tethered to the mast module on the end opposite to
>the sail cable connection.  The mast module acts as a connector between the
>huge, but comparatively light-weight sail and the rotating hab and
>payload/drive modules.  The centrifugal force from the rotation gives the crew
>[BLEEP]Mass                kilogram       kg
>Time                second         s
>Electric current         ampere         A
>Temperature              kelvin         K
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>Some SI Derived Units
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Physical Quantity        Name of Unit   Symbol    SI Unit
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Frequency           hertz               Hz        s^-1
>Energy              joule               J         kg-m^2/s^2
>Force                    newton         N         kg-m/s^2
>Pressure            pascal         Pa        kg/m-s^2
>Power                    watt           W         kg-m^2/s^3
>Electric charge          coulomb        C         A-s
>Electric potential  volt           V         kg-m^2/A-s^3
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>{The document ends suddenly with}
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>SI Base Units
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Physical Quantity        Name of Unit   Symbol
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Length              meter               m[BLEEP]

I didn't even recieve a copy, so if anyone sends one to Tim,
please send one to me! Thanx.

Ben