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   From: nmassello@yahoo.com   
      
   Your Name  wrote:   
      
   > I can't find it now, but someone recently complained about the new Star   
   > Wars movie using bombers in space where there is "no gravity" (despite   
   > bombers also being in 'The Empire Strikes back').   
   >   
   > According to 'The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary' book:   
   >   
   >     "Resistance Bombers   
   >      Bombs don't technically "drop" in microgravity,   
   >      but are impelled from their racks by sequenced   
   >      electromagnetic plates in the clip. The bombs   
   >      are then drawn magnetically to their unfortunate   
   >      targets."   
      
   One of the kinds of magic used in the Star Wars universe is called   
   "magnetism" and has nothing to do with the physics of our universe.   
      
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