Re: starship-design: Re: Mystery force tugs

[Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca>]

Gene & James Marlin wrote:
> 
> This "news" is getting to be two or three years old now, and yet it still
> circulates. The solution was found a long time ago- IR photon pressure from
> the RTG power supplies aboard all four probes causes the (extremely minute)
> deltaV. After many years of flight, that minute deltaV becomes readily
> detectable.

I don't buy that idea, with out more details.

> I'm very surprised this made it to the list. Now, what is this about
> rewriting physics on four data points that are not readily reproducible?
> Really now.
> 
> -Gene

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