To: BenLurkin
A grain of sand carries a lot of (kinetic) energy at .2C hitting one would be like setting off an A bomb. This space ship better hope it does not encounter anything more massive then a heavy molecule on its' trip to the stars.
17 posted on
08/25/2016 9:15:59 AM PDT by
jpsb
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
To: jpsb
Yeah but...there’s “only” a one in a thousand chance of that, they say.
21 posted on
08/25/2016 9:20:53 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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