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   0something0 to els.d...@gmail.com   
   Re: Interstellar seed ship propulsion sy   
   17 May 17 09:02:41   
   
   From: sungjunnoh0802@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 7:16:37 AM UTC-4, els.d...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > You can use two propulsion systems on the ship: a laser sail to get you up   
   to speed and a fusion drive to decelerate at the objective. It cuts your fuel   
   requirements in half, for the cost of adding a laser sail.   
      
   I am designing a interstellar ship too, and I recommend adding a bussard   
   ramscoop/magnetic sail to slow down from .8c to .2c-ish. And maybe a   
   electromagnetic tether to slow down using the solar magnetic field.   
      
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