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From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Death Star weapon.
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Date: Thu, 24-May-84 16:28:38 EDT
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Actually this refers to a previous note that FTL travel was/is IMPOSSIBLE.
Humans, especially sci-fi types have never considered ANYTHING impossible.
Einstien(sp?) was a brilliant physicist and mathematician however the
theory of relativity (general and special) are his best effort at explaining
our universe. Granted they are very good, and much evidence supports it,
however, the same could be said of the central earth theory back in
Galileos time. The only way you can advance you're theoretical sciences
is to NOT believe its impossible and try to explain why it isn't. I know
that with current technology/theories FTL is impossible but that does
not prevent me from attempting to supercede or improve on current science
to show that it is.


-never say never -
				--Chuck

P.S. Some very respected scientists in aerodynamics were publicly saying
     that C. Yagers jet would disentegrate if it broke the sound barrier.