XPost: sci.astro, sci.physics   
   From: john@sugarbit.com   
      
   Jan Panteltje wrote:   
   > So that makes me wonder if a spacecraft with just a permanent magnet   
   > that you can moveto give you a force in the direction you want to   
   > go...   
      
   You can't control the direction of the force.  In any case the magnitude   
   of the force would probably down there with the light pressure from   
   stars lightyears away.   
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   John Hasler   
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