On 2/23/2018 8:16 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:12:48AM -0800, shadow at shadowgard.com (via tml list) wrote:
>> *HEPlaR*?!?!
>>
>> There goes any hope of IR stealth. As well as making it hazardout to
>> fly near grasslands, woods and flammable construction!
>
> If I recall, the exhaust velocity of HEPlaR worked out to be near the
> speed of light.  At those energy levels, most rocks are "flammable" to
> nuclear fusion...
>
	If I recall, the exhaust velocity of HEPLaR was about 1.2c. It violated
Physics, just not as badly as the reactionless thrusters. I'm not sure there
isn't anything that isn't flammable at those energies.

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