From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 10:51:37 MST
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> What about a non-reactionless drive like the RAM -Augmented Intersteller
> Bussard Ramject? It gets a boost from antimatter to get it zipping along,
> then vacuum cleans the cosmos utilizing dispersed interstellar hydrogen and
> occasional dust to get it near relativistic speed.
A Bussard Ramjet is a reaction drive. It uses the heat of a fusion
reaction from collected hydrogen to expand that collected gas through a
forcing cone. There is signifanct debate as to whether the magnetic
field used to collect the interstellar hydrogen will actually work, or
whether it will simply act as a brake.
Mike Lorrey
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