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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
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- Subject: Re: Accellerating Spaceship (yet another bird in a plane)
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- Date: 6 Jan 93 20:39:35 GMT
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- In <6850@tuegate.tue.nl> johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Johan Wevers) writes:
-
- >Yes, if it was true. But matter with a negative mass would react just
- >the same as matter with a negative electrical charge. 2 negative
- >{charged or mass} particles attract each other, 1 negative and one positive
- >{charged or mass} particle repulse each other.
-
- No, two negative charges repel one another. Two
- opposite charges *attract* one another.
-
- Gravity does not behave that way, since two positive masses
- attract instead of repelling.
-
- >* J.C.A. Wevers * The only nature of *
- >* johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl * reality is physics. *
-
- Time to dig out that high-school textbook and start brushing up.
-