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Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass

From Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written
Subject Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass
Date 2018-06-26 00:57 +0000
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On 2018-06-26, Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 8:30:05 AM UTC+10, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <0f1a6aae-93d3-4735-a33e-acb2b6fe69aa@googlegroups.com>,
>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> >There's a controversial Doctor Who episode where
>> >the Doctor uses a cricket ball; it bounces off the
>> >hull and he catches it.  That part is okay...
>> >but he is /outside/ the spaceship.
>> 
>> Hm, I don't think I've seen that one.  Can you remember the
>> title?  Which Doctor it was?
>
> Definitely Peter Davison. Google tells me it was "Four to Doomsday". The Doctor finds himself floating in space between a spaceship and the TARDIS. He hurls a cricket ball at the spaceship, it bounces back to him and his catching it gives him enough momentum to reach the TARDIS.

Why would that be controversial? He would gain momentum from both his throw,
and catching the ball. The ship would gain equal momentum the other way.
Very basic physics.
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  Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-06-25 20:16 +0200
  Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass mwstone1948@gmail.com - 2018-06-25 13:40 -0700
    Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-25 14:00 -0700
      Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-06-25 22:04 +0000
        Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-25 17:02 -0700
          Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-06-26 00:57 +0000
            Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2018-06-25 18:02 -0700
              Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-25 18:12 -0700
                Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-25 18:39 -0700
            Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-06-25 18:08 -0700
          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
              Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-26 10:18 -0700
              Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2018-06-26 20:24 +0000
                Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-26 21:31 +0000
                Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-06-26 15:36 -0700
    Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Nyrath <winchellchung@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 16:42 -0700
      Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-25 23:52 +0000
  Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass mwstone1948@gmail.com - 2018-06-26 10:15 -0700
  Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass mwstone1948@gmail.com - 2018-06-26 10:19 -0700
    Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 10:42 -0700
    Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-06-26 10:55 -0700
      Re: YASID space station underwear for reaction mass nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2018-06-26 20:33 +0000

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