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Jan. 10th, 2009 10:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicollSpace drives the violation of conservation of momentum way!
I blame whoever taught this person in high school physics.
As I recall, John C. McLoughlin's now somewhat elderly The Helix and the Sword had living space ships that conserved reaction mass by recollecting it after it was ejected. It was something of an instant WSOD-killer when that little detail was introduced.
I blame whoever taught this person in high school physics.
As I recall, John C. McLoughlin's now somewhat elderly The Helix and the Sword had living space ships that conserved reaction mass by recollecting it after it was ejected. It was something of an instant WSOD-killer when that little detail was introduced.
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Date: 2009-01-10 11:38 pm (UTC)