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   Message 44,232 of 45,986   
   Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw to All   
   Re: Reactionless Drives   
   11 Aug 16 06:59:23   
   
   From: chakatfirepaw@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:56:20 -0700, 0something0 wrote:   
      
   > On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 3:16:25 PM UTC-4, 0something0 wrote:   
   >   
   > What I meant was a no fuel or propellent, electricity in, momentum   
   > out-type drive, which the Atomic Rockets website said was impossible....   
      
   Photons are propellant.   
      
   Your drive gets momentum by generating photons and sending them,   
   (eventually), in the direction opposite that of the desired thrust vector.   
      
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