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Re: Failures of the Galilean transformation

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Arindam Banerjee wrote:

> […] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Arindam Banerjee wrote in <news:sci.physics>:
>> > On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 9:37:46 PM UTC+10, Thomas
>> > 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> >> Arindam Banerjee wrote:
>> >> > If the acceleration of the ship is g or say 10m./sec^2 then from
>> >> > rest the ship will reach the speed of light
>> > In 347 days
>> Argumentum ad nauseam.
>> 
>> No, it will not *ever* reach the speed of light using conventional
>> propulsion.
> 
> True, it will need new physics […]

I said conventional *propulsion*, _not_ conventional physics.

> based upon the fact that the Lorenz force does not have a reaction.

Not even wrong.


PointedEars
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“Science is empirical: knowing the answer means nothing;
 testing your knowledge means everything.”
   —Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist,
    in “A Universe from Nothing” (2009)

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Re: The Song of Lt. Cdr. Data Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-09-20 13:37 +0200
  Re: The Song of Lt. Cdr. Data Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 06:26 -0700
    Failures of the Galilean transformation (was: The Song of Lt. Cdr. Data) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-09-20 17:23 +0200
      Re: Failures of the Galilean transformation (was: The Song of Lt. Cdr. Data) Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 16:19 -0700
        Re: Failures of the Galilean transformation Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-09-22 14:00 +0200
          Re: Failures of the Galilean transformation Arindam Banerjee <banerjeeadda1234@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 05:10 -0700

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