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To: sonofstrangelove
I had a statics professor at Annapolis that who had three pricipals of statics. The sum of the forces equals zero, the sum of the moments equals zero, and you can't push on a rope.

Pushing fuel up a hose seems a lot like pushing on a rope.

2 posted on 07/04/2010 11:20:08 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

If there is one military science organization to make it work its DARPA.


3 posted on 07/04/2010 11:21:31 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: USNBandit

Isn’t that pretty much what firefighters do?


19 posted on 07/05/2010 6:28:54 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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