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Re: starship-design: Stellar drive?
>Kelly replied:
>>> Now that I have said that, if anyone finds a method of
>>> shielding a magnetic field, it might be usable. Even
>>> better, shielding is but the first step to
>>> FOCUSING which will boost the efficiency and power
>>> output enormously.
>>
>>> L. Parker
>>
>> Its called a Faraday cage. Basicly a electrically
>> conductive outer liner with no significant gaps
>> for the fields to get through.
>
> Well, a Faraday cage has it's limits, it may decrease
> the fieldstrength but depending on the structure
> (thickness, conductivity, meshsize) of the wall
> it leaves through a certain amount.
>
> Timothy
Ok, be that way. ;p Coat the thing with a super conductor. What gets
through you can convert back to electricity. A better question is would the
thing work, and would it actually be efficent enough to be usful. To my
surprize 1 is sounding likely. On the other hand. 2 sounds like a no go.
Kelly