[extropy-chat] unidirectional thrust

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
> Mind you, I *wish* such a thing existed and would be delighted if it 
> did.  But energy to thrust doesn't work--another way to put it is
> "wrong units."

The problem is he is doing newtonian math on a problem that is properly
solved using Lorentz equations, so of COURSE he is going to get an
absurd answer. This is one more case of a person using, as I said
before, 100% newtonian thinking in a problem which such thought is
entirely inapplicable to.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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