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hunter

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2. If you have a substance like Vibranium...
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 10:23 PM
Mar 2014

... then why the heck does that flying aircraft carrier thing in the Avengers movie need fans?



Why isn't Vibranium used to build some kind of "anti-gravity" engine? If you have a substance that "absorbs" kinetic energy from one direction you can build a machine able to "lift itself up by its bootstraps."

You could even fly to Mars at a comfortable constant acceleration, just like Star Trek.







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