 | | Re: Hypothetical design question —Shaun Sullivan
| | | | (...) Well, in the space-ish situation, the number of particles you're hitting will only come down to size; regardless of its shape, a ship shaped like a perfect lozenge will hit the same number of particles as a ship shaped like a cube, if their (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Hypothetical design question —David Laswell
| | | | | (...) It does behave more like a fluid at extremely high speeds. However, have you seen what happens to an airplane when it hits water at mach speeds? It's not pretty, and that's essentially what you'd have to be dealing with in a near vacuum. By (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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