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To: LibWhacker
What happens when a space craft flying close to the speed of light collides with a micro-meteorite?
2 posted on 11/05/2014 3:21:05 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Same thing that happens when that little rock flies up off the road and contacts your windshield... Or a bullet impacts something at speed ....Only more so.

Reminds me of a Scifi murder story where a prof crated a beam that eliminated all momentum within it. He demonstrated with a pool table. Lined up his enemy took the shot. Everyone was shocked to see the ball leave a perfect circle as it left earth instantaneously. No one but the prof considered the relative motion of the earth, solar system, etc... His enemy was left with a perfect hole through his chest.... I need to find that short story again... Good read.


4 posted on 11/05/2014 3:40:20 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: zeestephen
The navigational deflectors will prevent that. ;)
8 posted on 11/05/2014 4:47:10 AM PST by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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