Niven also had a story about why handing random people Bussard ramjets might be a bad idea, unless you don't mind the occasional lunatic using one to express his displeasure.
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yeah the math on those magnetic fields would involve a lot of digits somewhere. (KSR’s version, basically an Orion drive with a reverse ramjet pushing particles out of the way, made a lot more sense)
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