"Jim Wilkins" on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 06:40:29
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"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
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Thanks for the lumber pond tip and link. That's a good story there!

So wooden ships only continue to float after years because the planks expand
and stop the interior of the hull filling with water, even if the individual
planks would sink on their own?

Chris

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The classic definition of a ship is "a hole in the water into which you pour
money."

Even very old iron ships stay afloat if you pour in enough money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)

Likewise it's funding, not physics, that keeps spacecraft up.

And the prototype of an aircraft will fly once the weight of the
paperwork exceeds the Gross Take-off Weight.

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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."