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Old 19th July 2001 | 11:33
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Space vehicles, of course, use gravity (ie planets) to change direction. Gravity does not create noise as it acts simultaneously on all matter and thus cannot create a local compression which then propagates as a sound wave.

So there you have it. Issac was right all along. (Clever bloke - came from near me)
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