Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoIf I were traveling some near light speed percent, and hit a grain of sand, would it be catastrophic? What are the chances of violent destruction in the "vacuum" of space, when going "relatively" fastmessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareIf I were traveling some near light speed percent, and hit a grain of sand, would it be catastrophic? What are the chances of violent destruction in the "vacuum" of space, when going "relatively" fastMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
Pun intended, but still a serious question. Would a neutron matter? (Pun also intended, but also serious)
minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoThis is why Star Trek’s Enterprise has that forward-facing deflector dish. It wouldn’t last very long without something to prevent such collisions.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·44 minutes agoHow the hell did they think of everything in the 1960s? Like, their science is good. Didn’t they have Arthur C Clark advising them or someone like that?
This is why Star Trek’s Enterprise has that forward-facing deflector dish. It wouldn’t last very long without something to prevent such collisions.
How the hell did they think of everything in the 1960s? Like, their science is good.
Didn’t they have Arthur C Clark advising them or someone like that?