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Re: Return to No Stealth in Space

by Wim Lewis <wiml@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 17, 2008 at 10:57 AM

On 2008-03-18 10:21:46 -0700, jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) said:
> In article <47dfed4e$0$24120$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Ben Crowell  <crowell07@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> This is all assuming visible light. If the thing emits copious
>> radio or gammas or something, then I think it's a whole different
>> ballgame.
> 
> 	What's the naive calculation of the temperature of a 5000 km/s jet?

An efficient rocket will extract all the thermal energy from its 
exhaust, leaving it at absolute zero. (Well, you did say *naive*.)




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Return to No Stealth in Space
 jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 15:01:51 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Ben Crowell <crowell07  2008-03-18 09:26:54 
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 jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 17:21:46 
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 Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL  2008-03-20 01:15:20 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 John Schilling <schill  2008-03-20 18:56:21 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Wim Lewis <wiml@[EMAIL  2008-04-17 10:57:26 
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 sigidunum@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-18 11:06:28 
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 jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-18 18:58:45 
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 Luke Campbell <lwcamp@  2008-03-18 15:09:54 
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 Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-03-19 03:10:08 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Luke Campbell <lwcamp@  2008-03-22 18:18:54 
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 Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-03-24 11:48:10 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Mike Williams <nospam@  2008-03-18 20:18:31 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Simon Morden <simon.mo  2008-03-18 20:44:14 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-04-03 16:35:38 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 John Schilling <schill  2008-03-18 16:03:23 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL  2008-03-20 01:07:14 
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 sigidunum@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-20 14:26:15 
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 jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-21 03:56:22 
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 phoenix@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-22 19:49:25 
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 sigidunum@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-03-21 01:31:06 
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 jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-03-23 15:37:55 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-02 20:35:53 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Eivind Kjorstad <eivin  2008-04-03 08:41:42 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-04-03 16:44:39 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-04-04 09:50:48 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Eivind Kjorstad <eivin  2008-04-07 09:22:43 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 "Autymn D. C."   2008-04-06 08:51:39 
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 Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-04-07 09:53:39 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-21 04:29:16 
Re: Return to No Stealth in Space
 Nyrath the nearly wise &l  2008-03-23 08:14:04 

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