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Sorry I meant for a solution that would work on earth. Couldn't we use magnets to accelerate the ship like a maglev train inside a version of LHC with wider tub

by soheil 5y ago

Sorry I meant for a solution that would work on earth. Couldn't we use magnets to accelerate the ship like a maglev train inside a version of LHC with wider tubes?

troymc 5y ago
Ah, I see what you mean. Yes.
autarch 5y ago
IIRC, Alastair Reynolds describes something very much like this in his novel Blue Remembered Earth, which is set on a future Earth about 140 years from now.