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They still need to decelerate. Even nanomachines will not survive if they hit planets at close to c.
by ivalm 6y ago
They still need to decelerate. Even nanomachines will not survive if they hit planets at close to c.
- kurthr 6y agoThat's a good point, although I don't think you could target a planet in any case. You're looking at solar systems, and properly designed a single surviving nano-machine skipping off the atmosphere of a gas giant would be sufficient to start exponential replication.