From: areyouhuntingonsunday@btopenworld.com   
      
   "Gordon D. Pusch"  wrote in message   
   news:giektflowb.fsf@pusch.xnet.com...   
   > "Eric Fenby"  writes:   
   >   
   > > Does SOTA nuclear physics hold out any hope for another force which   
   might   
   > > be exploited other than simple reaction or reaction against the Earths   
   > > magnetic field?   
   >   
   > No. =ALL= of the forces in physics satisfy Conservation of Linear   
   Momentum,   
   > which is the physical basis for Newton's Third Law of Action And Reaction.   
   >   
   >   
   > -- Gordon D. Pusch   
      
   So all those programmes which postulate some sort of interstellar travel in   
   the far distant future are pure fantasy. The proposed (?) project to send   
   manned missions to Mars has much more in common with sending someone over   
   Niagara Falls in a barrel than it has with Star Trek. It's all very   
   depressing and primitive. I had hoped that all that arcane data coming out   
   of places like CERN about "gluons" and particles with "upness" and "charm"   
   would have provided at least a glimmer of hope for some sort of new   
   principle which might be exploited. Oh dear. I'm really depressed now.   
      
   JHB.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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