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Old 28-August-2006, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Nigel View Post
Frog March, if you made the whole ship rotate, it would act as a gyroscope and generate a force that would send you off course, if I have understood correctly.
That's not possible - you can't change the course of an object without some sort of external influence. Numerous spacecraft (unmanned) spin in order to maintain their attitude.
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