 | | Re: Some great Space info and dicussion —Jordan D. Greer
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| | | Ahh, but that assumes you have the technology. His theory is that you (...) also (...) Unless acceleration is almost instantaneous, the waste energy of whatever accelerates the rock to light speed will reach you long before the rock does. Assuming (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Some great Space info and dicussion —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | (...) Holy Moly! You sure know your physics! :) I would add though, that if the attacker in this scenario were concerned with "expenditure of resources" then they would be very unwise to ever consider killing a planet known to harbor life. Let's for (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Some great Space info and dicussion —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) That too requires the target civilization to recognize it (the energy wastage) for what it is. If there *is* wastage to detect in the direction of the target--again, not something we can be sure of, necessarily; it may be that one has to be, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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