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It's not a perfect vacuum out there, there is an interstellar medium. You could create non-negligible drag with a huge sail or magnetic field, like a Bussard Ra
by avhon1 4y ago
It's not a perfect vacuum out there, there is an interstellar medium. You could create non-negligible drag with a huge sail or magnetic field, like a Bussard Ramjet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
- hallway_monitor 4y agoI was looking for this as I have always seen the ramjet as the only feasible possibility for non-magical long-term propulsion. Of course that's if we don't find a way to trick the universe into FTL travel.