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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:04:07 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> Ha Ha. Star Wars is actually closer to following the laws of phyisics than
> Star Trek on most points. Hyperspace and the Deathstar are really the only
> laws of phyiscs SW breaks. ST on the other hand breaks laws with most of its
> technology and it is still weaker.
Just for my own physics-illiterate curiosity, what laws specifically do you
consider the Death Star to break?
Dave!
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| (...) Even if the Death Star used its entire structure (160km diameter for DS1, 600km diameter DS2) to fuel its hyper-matter reactor it still would not have sufficent energy to blow apart a planet. I'd say that is a major physics problem that was (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) have (...) The Agamemnon would be blown apart in a matter of seconds. One LIGHT Turbolaser bolt imparts roughly 30 terrawatts of energy on a target. (let alone the kinectic energy imparted by the plasma) The Agamemnon's main weopons impart a (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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