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  2. Speed of electricity - Wikipedia

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    The electric field starts at the conductor, and propagates through space at the velocity of light, which depends on the material it is traveling through. [4] The electromagnetic fields do not move through space. It is the electromagnetic energy that moves.

  3. Space travel under constant acceleration - Wikipedia

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    This plot shows a ship capable of 1-g (10 m/s 2 or about 1.0 ly/y 2) "felt" or proper acceleration [6] can travel vast distances, although is limited by the mass of any propellant it carries. A spaceship using significant constant acceleration will approach the speed of light over interstellar distances, so special relativity effects including ...

  4. Faster-than-light - Wikipedia

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    Faster-than-light (superluminal or supercausal) travel and communication are the conjectural propagation of matter or information faster than the speed of light in vacuum (c). The special theory of relativity implies that only particles with zero rest mass (i.e., photons ) may travel at the speed of light, and that nothing may travel faster.

  5. Spacecraft electric propulsion - Wikipedia

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    6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 3D sketch of an electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields to accelerate mass to high speed and thus generating thrust to modify the velocity of a spacecraft in ...

  6. Zinc - Wikipedia

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    This review cited studies that found lower plasma zinc concentrations in the subjects who consumed zinc oxide and zinc carbonate than in those who took zinc acetate and sulfate salts. [231] For fortification, however, a 2003 review recommended cereals (containing zinc oxide) as a cheap, stable source that is as easily absorbed as the more ...

  7. Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space

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    The study involved 24 astronauts from the U.S., European and Japanese space agencies who traveled aboard the International Space Station for up to 26 weeks. Study documents headaches experienced ...

  8. Alcubierre drive - Wikipedia

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    The Alcubierre drive ([alkuˈβjere]) is a speculative warp drive idea according to which a spacecraft could achieve apparent faster-than-light travel by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, under the assumption that a configurable energy-density field lower than that of vacuum (that is, negative mass) could be created.

  9. Electromagnetic propulsion - Wikipedia

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    Maglev trains are promoted for their energy efficiency since they run on electricity, which can be produced by coal, nuclear, hydro, fusion, wind or solar power without requiring oil. [4] On average most trains travel 483 km/h (300 mph) and use 0.4 megajoules per passenger mile. [ 10 ]