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| From | nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass |
| Date | 2018-06-26 20:24 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
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In <06382cab-4c34-45d6-a355-03a94b2cda47@googlegroups.com> hamish.laws@gmail.com writes:
>On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 2:30:04 PM UTC+10, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> And, come to that, throwing the ball in the first place would
>> have given him some momentum away from it.
>More than he'd get from the catch (barring some 'force field' effect which pushes it away from the ship faster than it comes in)
Unless the spaceship's moving in The Doctor's general direction.
(Try bouncing a tennis ball off a slow-moving car for a demonstration.)
I mean, the practical problems of getting this to work are huge,
but we are talking The Doctor here. He can work it out.
(Remembering now the ancient argument about whether one of
Mr Incredible's powers is super-aiming.)
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Joseph Nebus
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Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-25 22:04 +0000
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Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-26 04:08 +0000
Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-25 21:48 -0700
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Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2018-06-26 20:24 +0000
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