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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Capt_Frank_Hollister: [QB] Ok, so I finally pulled out a physics book for the technical reason. kinetic energy=(1/2)m(v-squared) m=mass; v=velocity When the SSF of a ship is turned off, the ship maintains the same kinetic energy but its effective mass is increased. Using the above equation, for this to be true, the velocity of the object must be reduced in order for the now more massive object to have the same kinetic energy. If the velocity of the object did not decrease, then it would gain kinetic energy from an undefined source and thus violate the first law of thermodynamics (energy cannot be created nor destroyed, in this case created). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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