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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Starship Esthetics, Comparative
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Date: Sun, 15-Jul-84 16:33:00 EDT
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Jul  5 15:33:00 1984

Several people have mentioned that a streamlined bow is not required for space
travel. That may be true from normal space or warp drive but not for transwarp
speeds. Remember the "Cloud" that surrounded VGER? It was created by hitting
the small number of free hydrogen atoms with a shield that was moving at warp
8. This effect would become more pronounced at higher speeds so that a vessel
designed for transwarp speeds would need to take it into account.


John Eaton
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