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#1 2004-10-20 19:24:45

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From: OXFORD ALABAMA
Registered: 2004-01-28
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Re: BIPOLAR SPACECRAFT

Robert Winglees spacecraft propulsion system:
Could the spacecraft that is being propelled by the plasma also be a bipolar magnet such as the Earths Magnetosphere that collects the Suns plasma? The spacecraft could collect the plasma that was shot at it from afar and use it as a propellant and shoot it back to the plasma gun where it came from to be collected again by its bipolar magnet thus also adding to the acceleration and the cycle could be repeated over and over. Of course some would be lost forever in space but it should add to the efficiency of the system.Would a particle beam work better? Any thoughts?

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