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Old 03-21-2011, 11:49 PM
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Rather I should specify - in a vacuum. Certainly there are particles in space but capturing them would be difficult and that seems to be the challenge at the moment, as many are super high velocity and carry a ton of energy, and somewhat sparse (depending on type) from what I understand.
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