Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site siemens.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!steve From: steve@siemens.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Re: Swimming in space Message-ID: <24200001@siemens.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-May-85 11:08:00 EDT Article-I.D.: siemens.24200001 Posted: Mon May 6 11:08:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 8-May-85 01:19:48 EDT References: <1651@mordor.UUCP> Lines: 6 Nf-ID: #R:mordor:-165100:siemens:24200001:000:283 Nf-From: siemens!steve May 6 11:08:00 1985 If you're fortunate enough to have a ball, you can throw it at the wall away from where you want to go, giving yourself some momentum (mv, isn't it?) and then catch it when it bounces back, getting teh same amount of momentum again (less friction loss, inelasticity of bounce, etc.)