Date:         Mon, 26 Sep 1994 10:50:42 -0800 (PDT)
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From:         John Ritchie <ritchiej@ucs.orst.edu>
Subject:      Re: physics this time ...

Joel wrote:
> 
> do you guy and gals realize, that if you can coax your buggy up to 67 miles
> per hour (or 107 kph), you have just barely exceeded Warp One-Millionth? :)
> 
> 
> (using the speed of light as 186,281 miles/second).
> 

That may be true; what's more, 67 MPH is just over 3/4ths impulse for Bobo 
(depending on tailwind!)  Unfortunately, the gap between full impulse and warp 
1 is too huge.  "Cap'n, the engine kanna take no more!"

John Ritchie
and Bobo (aka the USS Blunderbus)

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