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   Mikkel Haaheim to All   
   Re: Bussard Wings   
   30 Oct 16 09:48:57   
   
   From: mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com   
      
   Le dimanche 30 octobre 2016 04:54:08 UTC+1, 0something0 a écrit :   
      
   > When you just want to stop, you could use magnetic fields to create a large   
   shield to create interstellar drag(a problem in Bussard Ramscoops) to slow   
   yourself down without spending delta-v.   
      
   You were doing okay until you got to this paragraph. Yes, at high enough   
   relativistic speeds, ou will get an equivalent of aerodynamics. You would not   
   even really need a magnetic field to generate your wing (I am not sure how   
   would would manage this in    
   any case).   
   That said, this would ONLY work at relativistic speeds. That means that you   
   can not use it to stop. You could slow down to the point that the interstellar   
   medium no longer provides sufficient pressure... but then all wing   
   manoeuvering ends.   
      
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