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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by erikpukinskis on Saturday July 09, 2016 @06:19PM (#12063610)
Could something be built in space?
Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by akiselev on Saturday July 09, 2016 @06:50PM (#12063698)
Theoretically, yes. If you set up billions (maybe even trillions) of powered electromagnets in a stable, very precise orbit around the sun and injected particles into the loop. However, this is hugely impractical and the sources of error would be huge. Electromagnet misalignments (with the error compounding over stellar distances), stray asteroids and comets, cosmic rays, etc would all effect the particle beam.
Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by wolfgke on Saturday July 09, 2016 @07:08PM (#12063752)
How much money are you willing to spend? ;-)