Re: Space Energy

James Nicoll wrote:

What other energy is there in space? After sunlight/starlight, there's
no energy of any significance (unless you want to play games with
trading motion of a spacecraft for power in a planetary magnetic field,
which is just another way of getting energy out of the spaceship's fuel
tank.)


Don't forget gravity, which can be exploited with fly bys and
Oberth manuevers.

Bbbbut! That energy isn't free! You STEAL IT from the PLANETS! Why, the Voyager slingshots past Jupiter ROBBED that planet of nearly 1 bajillionth of its orbital speed! If we keep doing this, we will PERMANENTLY ALTER the natural arrangement of the ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!

(sorry. I just had to channel my inner lunatic-fringe envirowhacko. I'll try not to let it happen again.) :)



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