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Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***

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From: Jason Cooper
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 01:24
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> Good grief, guys.  Since we're speculating all over the place here about
> science-yet-to-come, why not build a quark-catalyzed ramscoop.  All the
> advantages of muon-catalyzed fusion except that the Quark doesn't decay.
> All you have to do is crack open a hadron!  If you want more details,
> please let me know and I'll post them.  (I'm only half joking, by the way.
> Quark-catalyzed fusion is a "serious" possibility if quarks can be unbound.
> Emphasis on the if.)
>  
> --
> Dave Michelson
> davem@ee.ubc.ca

Well, I wouldn't say it's TOTAL science-yet-to-come.  Small parts are, 
but a large part of it is quite possible.  Sure, and I'll bite on that 
quark-catalyzed thing too.

                                        Jason Cooper
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From: lord@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca (Jason Cooper)
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Subject: Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***
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