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To: LukeL

To add, at that speed a 1 gram object would have the energy of 100 tons of TNT, or 10 tens the energy of a Airbus 380 at cruising speed. So a space craft that strikes a pebble going 0.01c is going to have a very bad day.


20 posted on 06/21/2018 11:31:00 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: LukeL

The thing that slams into that pebble is going to have the bad day.


38 posted on 06/22/2018 12:17:03 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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