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To: fieldmarshaldj

With an object so close you wouldn’t want to get full acceleration going, I would think.


7 posted on 05/14/2015 1:58:21 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

IIRC, in Star Trek, they’re not even supposed to go beyond light speed in the Solar System. It’d be like trying to drive 100 mph in Midtown Manhattan: You’re going to crash into something.


8 posted on 05/14/2015 2:07:25 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can envision an Rick Moranis, Lord Dark Helmet moment here. . . .


46 posted on 05/14/2015 6:20:26 AM PDT by RatRipper (Obama has made me the slave of sluggards.)
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