XPost: sci.space.policy   
   From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "Mike Combs"  wrote in   
   message news:drtjd8$1ah$1@home.itg.ti.com...   
   >   
   > I've been wondering recently if Halbach Arrays of permanent magnets might   
   > could replace the superconducting coils of a mass-driver bucket.  I do   
   know   
   > they can be arrayed in toroidal shapes.   
      
   Dr. Valentine, did you have any opinion on the above?  I was hoping to hear   
   your comments.   
      
   --   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Mike Combs   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   By all that you hold dear on this good Earth   
   I bid you stand, Men of the West!   
                                                        Aragorn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)