In a message dated 03/18/2000 12:04:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
random@qnet.com writes:
> No, the energy of the individual photons doesn't matter- the momentum of
> a photon is directly proportional to its energy, so a gigawatt of gammas
> produces the same thruat as a gigawatt of reds (about 3.3 newtons). The
> gammas are a lot harder to make, though.
>
Hmmm.. So basically we may need to focus (as a species) on some kind of
quark-gluon plasma drive; rather then something photonic.
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