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ramscoop

a staple technology of speculative fiction that permits spaceships traveling at sufficient speed to collect sparse interstellar hydrogen atoms as an essentially unlimited fuel source.
The ramscoop vessel would use a huge magnetic funnel to suck in gases which would be stored in special tanks.
by DanDanDanDanDanDanDan May 5, 2009
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