Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Hasler Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,sci.astro,sci.physics Subject: Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:49:38 -0600 Organization: Dancing Horse Hill Lines: 13 Message-ID: <874inzf32l.fsf@sugarbit.com> References: <10lnf3n$3mhoh$1@dont-email.me> <10lnl5f$3oefp$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:08:06 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ba0326e930da22732c449e2ed67f16c3"; logging-data="904169"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19VAu9kLMzZfgEop13HJCYZ2qobFLY91EY=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bJqw/l4nsJHFRDaH/4+d7E7hAq0= sha1:ld/nY/YCe3iLqhgkGeipk0KmJTY= Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:740034 sci.astro:66553 sci.physics:895035 Jan Panteltje wrote: > So that makes me wonder if a spacecraft with just a permanent magnet > that you can moveto give you a force in the direction you want to > go... You can't control the direction of the force. In any case the magnitude of the force would probably down there with the light pressure from stars lightyears away. -- John Hasler john@sugarbit.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA