Ship Volant

Rob Thornton · 18 Feb 2009, 16:57 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: oblate777 at gmail.com (Rob Thornton)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:57:36 -0500
Subject: (urth) Ship Volant
In-Reply-To: <2281.72.171.0.145.1234975381.squirrel at brunians.org>
References: <E1LZiPf-000Phk-Eq at pr-webmail-1.mail.demon.net>
	<2281.72.171.0.145.1234975381.squirrel at brunians.org>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
> People have been talking seriously about sail powered spaceships for decades.
>

Additionally, I think there are hints that the sails in the Ship are
more like the mirrors in Father Inire's quarters than standard solar
sails.

rob t.

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