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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: BUSSARD RAMSCOOP
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 05:02:05 GMT
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- -From: lord@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca (Jason Cooper)
- -Newsgroups: sci.space
- -Subject: ** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP **
- -Date: 24 Dec 92 17:18:53 GMT
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- -Was told to put this message in this area to get more replies, so here
- -it is. I'm doing a science fair project on the Bussard Ramscoop, and am
- -looking for ANY help I can get on the scientific end of it. I'm looking
- -for help specifically on the general theory end of it (things like what
- -polarity the field must be, how best to ionize the hydrogen, how best to
- -FUSE the hydrogen, etc, all already worked out, but in need of checking
- -by somebody who KNOWS what they're doing).
-
- There's an article on interstellar travel in the January/February 1993
- issue of Stardate magazine, which contains a three-page section on
- ramscoop spacecraft. It also mentions that R.W. Bussard's original paper
- came out in 1960, and that one variant of an electromagnetic collector
- was proposed in 1977.
-
- The magazine is put out by McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas
- at Austin. The phone number for the magazine is given as (512) 471-5285.
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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