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- From: lord@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca (Jason Cooper)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***
- Message-ID: <HRLXwB3w165w@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 17:24:28 PST
- References: <1993Jan4.212241.26630@ee.ubc.ca>
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- > Good grief, guys. Since we're speculating all over the place here about
- > science-yet-to-come, why not build a quark-catalyzed ramscoop. All the
- > advantages of muon-catalyzed fusion except that the Quark doesn't decay.
- > All you have to do is crack open a hadron! If you want more details,
- > please let me know and I'll post them. (I'm only half joking, by the way.
- > Quark-catalyzed fusion is a "serious" possibility if quarks can be unbound.
- > Emphasis on the if.)
- >
- > --
- > Dave Michelson
- > davem@ee.ubc.ca
-
- Well, I wouldn't say it's TOTAL science-yet-to-come. Small parts are,
- but a large part of it is quite possible. Sure, and I'll bite on that
- quark-catalyzed thing too.
-
- Jason Cooper
-