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To: LibWhacker
A spacecraft travelling at those speeds will need:

1. A pebble deflector
2. A lot of braking power.
Launch 'em.

8 posted on 09/10/2007 11:36:50 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: SampleMan
A spacecraft travelling at those speeds will need:

2. A lot of braking power.

If the thruster can accelerate it, the same thruster can brake it.

Mark

35 posted on 09/10/2007 12:37:54 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: SampleMan
2. A lot of braking power.

No, it wouldn't. They said that they would get you there in a week. Nothing about you being in any shape to ever come back. Just keep on accelerating until impact.

42 posted on 09/10/2007 2:50:14 PM PDT by PAR35
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