From: jcooper@acs6.acs.ucalgary.ca (jason cooper)
Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Re: ??? Plasma mirror propulsion...
Date: 24 Jul 1997 20:51:32 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary


aufsj@IMAP2.ASU.EDU wrote:

: Is there some big fundamental flaw I'm missing? Has this idea
: been fleshed out before?

Can't say I'm an expert on plasma mirrors, but if I were to
hazard a guess I'd say further calculations would show that you
spend exactly as much energy blueshifting the radiation in front
of the mirror as is gained redshifting the radiation behind.

Of course, I could be way off. Do the calculations :):).

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Jason Cooper jcooper@acs.ucalgary.ca
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