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From: davidd02@tpg.com.au (David Duffy)
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Subject: Re: The Age of Fighting Sail in S P A C E !!
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 06:19:17 -0000 (UTC)
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Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The only way to prevent it would be for the gas cloud to rotate
> as if it were a solid object, with the highest speeds at the outer
> edge, and the planets embedded in the cloud like raisins.
> 
> But that would mean that beyond a certain point, the gas molecules
> would exceed solar escape velocity, and be lost. Also, objects in
> orbits just don't act that way,
> 
Surely a suitable distribution of dark matter could help here :)