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point78
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How?
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matte_black
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By offsetting the mass of a system, to produce a zero mass vehicle.
point78
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Very cool stuff
EthanHeilman
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Take a net negative mass vehicle, and accelerate it by having it collide with its propellant. Would this be an anti-rocket?
matte_black
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How does it come to a stop, the vehicle gains too much mass?
EthanHeilman
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The mass part of the vehicle could either detach from the negative mass component. Or the vehicle could eject mass to reduce velocity.
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