Why airplanes taxi

Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they
move forward
on the ground.

:-) I am feeling profound today...

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Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they
move forward on the ground.

So, logically, spacecraft in the frictionless environment of outer space
should immediately accelerate to the speed of light.

On Feb 6, 10:24*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
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Fixed-wing aircraft taxi because their wheels reduce friction as they
move forward on the ground.

So, logically, spacecraft in the frictionless environment of outer space
should immediately accelerate to the speed of light.

Space isn't frictionless dummy.

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Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

On Feb 6, 10:36*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
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Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

Molecules

On Feb 6, 10:39*am, wrote:
On Feb 6, 10:36*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:
Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

Molecules

And to answer your next post before you post it:

What molecules?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space

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Molecules

There aren't any molecules in space. It's a hard vacuum.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

Two posters arguing with eachother. :-)

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

Klingons, fjukkwit!


Bertie

On Feb 6, 1:20 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote :

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Space isn't frictionless dummy.

Where does the friction come from?

Klingons, fjukkwit!

Bertie

So scrape them off dammit!