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Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?

From "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design, sci.astro, sci.physics
Subject Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?
Date 2026-02-01 09:58 -0500
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"Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in message news:10lnl5f$3oefp$3@dont-email.me...
> On 1/02/2026 10:57 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>> I was watching some stuff of magnetic field lines in the universe
>> that I recoded last week from  zdfinfo.de
>>   https://www.zdf.de/dokus/geheimnisvolles-universum-100
>> It seems those are playing a much bigger role in the forming of galaxies and stars and the 'big bang' in the latest research.
>>
>> So that makes me wonder if a spacecraft with just a permanent magnet
>> that you can move to give you a force in the direction you want to go
>> could be used as a simple fuel-less drive?
>> Electromagnets should work too of course.
>>
>> Any aliens here that have used it?
>
> Earth has a magnetic field, and nobody uses magnets to drag boats or aircraft around.

Sure they do. So it's hardly surprising some people believe it.
It's at 1:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LrbTd69iwI

>
> -- 
> Bill Sloman, Sydney
> 

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Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-01 11:57 +0000
  Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-02-01 12:57 +0000
    Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-01 16:44 +0000
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  Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-02 00:41 +1100
    Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-01 09:58 -0500
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          Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-02-04 16:58 +0100
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