Recent content by Matt Champlin

I see. The em force is just transferring the energy of the rockets to the ship. Not providing any thrust itself... The mass of the larger ship is also pushing back against the smaller ship so that is why their total masses end up comines in this scenario. Is that right? I had the idea that...

Dang, really? Why would the magnetic force pushing forward not apply?

Suppose the ship was only being pushed from behind by a seperate, non attached craft that is as large as the back of the ship but much thinner. (Imagine a cube shaped ship with a cube shape "magnet ship" behind it that is much thinner.) Could you use conventional rocket fuel to power the "magnet...