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|    Dean Markley to Douglas Eagleson    |
|    Re: Monopole Starship Drive: repost from    |
|    16 Oct 23 04:41:17    |
      From: damarkley@gmail.com              On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 12:48:34 PM UTC-4, Douglas Eagleson wrote:       > been along time posting. I was looking at the idea to use the magnetic field       of Sol's corona to do something cool. I truly pondered>        >        > Basically the issue became a issue of a magnetic true power from the corona       to a body in the general sense.        >        > I tried to figure out the meaning of the electric/magnetic right hand rule       and it appears the lowly electron is a true monopole.        >        > To test this theory you simply need a simple six foot diameter spherical       aluminized Mylar air filled balloon. The trick is to place a five megavolt       battery powered DC power supply INSIDE the balloon. Any metal or thick       non-conductor will de-polarize        the assembled electrons magnetic monopole field on the balloons conductive       surface.        >        > And the meaning of achieving such an assembled monopole is that the balloon       placed near the corona will accelerate to 0.5c at the orbit of Jupiter.              The lowly electron is NOT a monopole. I suspect you need to go back to school       and learn your basics.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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