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Re: Doin' the Kingston Run (was Re: Got an RBR at TRU, QLD)
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Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:50:08 GMT
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On Saturday, November 24, 2001, at 10:26 PM, Michael Dallaston wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, David Dallaston writes:
> > Michael, how can you make the Kingston run in "20 nautical miles"?
> > That
> > doesn't make sense. :P
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> It was, like the rest of the story, a Star Wars parody.
I think that David realised this; hence the 'sticking-out-tongue'
emoticon. :P
> To give an example of the Millenium Falcon's speed, Han boasts that he
> once
> "made the Kessell run in less than 12 parsecs", parsecs being a unit of
> distance, like nautical miles.
Besides, as any good nerd could tell you, space=time. Hence a faster
ship can travel from one place to another in a shorter distance. For
instance, look at the insanely convoluted path it takes a probe to go
from earth to Mars, let alone Jupiter or Saturn. If a ship could go
twice as fast (or more accurately apply twice the delta-v), you could
get there in MUCH less distance. Hence, Han's probably not being not
wholly inaccurate, but of course, trans-light speeds would change a few
things. :)
later,
David Drew
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| (...) It was, like the rest of the story, a Star Wars parody. To give an example of the Millenium Falcon's speed, Han boasts that he once "made the Kessell run in less than 12 parsecs", parsecs being a unit of distance, like nautical miles. See, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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