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2. Good luck with that. TANSTAFL*...

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 03:40 PM

Mar 30

Granted that we need a new way to push mass into orbit, but this sounds a bit like woo to me.

*there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

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"not saying i'm bending space time...." rampartd Mar 30 #1

Good luck with that. TANSTAFL*... Wounded Bear Mar 30 #2

The moon, she's a Harsh Mistress WheelWalker Mar 30 #3

How is a laser like a goldfish? Stryst Mar 30 #10

I think it's called LSD 😉 yaesu Mar 30 #4

Anybody got anything for an acid stomach? WheelWalker Mar 30 #5

When I was in college, I think I replicated this experiment once. dgauss Mar 30 #14

Martin Fleischmann was a very respected electrochemist. NNadir Mar 30 #7

Sounds like HG Wells' The First men in the Moon. El Supremo Mar 30 #8

The only limit is your imagination! -misanthroptimist Mar 30 #9

Cool story bro JoseBalow Mar 30 #11

Here's an article about it in Popular Mechanics: snot Mar 30 #13