Re: how big?

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:06:33 +0000 (UTC), Jeffrey Kaplan
<rastb5m@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>It is alleged that Matt Ion claimed:
>
>> > That's just a kinetic weapon, not a gravity weapon. A gravity weapon
>> > uses the force of gravity itself as the weapon's force, not the
>> > weapon's delivery method.
>>
>> You're saying gravity had no effect on plummeting the rocks into the
>> ground at terminal velocity???
>
>That's like saying the gunpowder in a bullet is the weapon. The
>gunpowder isn't the weapon, the gunpowder is the propellant.
>
>Similarly, the planet's gravity isn't the weapon, the large rock
>dropped from orbit is the weapon. The planet's gravity is merely the
>propellant.

Just a nit. The propellant IS the force; therefore, by the
definition above, which I left intact, the dropping rock (and the mass
drivers...) ARE gravity weapons.

(note, I don't really believe that the dropped rock is a gravity
weapon, but by the definition above, it is...)

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