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People really don’t get this, unfortunately. I always think that if f=ma, then as velocity approaches light speed, the deceleration of the grain of sand as it
by MR4D 5y ago
People really don’t get this, unfortunately.
I always think that if f=ma, then as velocity approaches light speed, the deceleration of the grain of sand as it hits the hull approaches infinity. So even with a small mass, the force is huge.
- ziotom78 5y agoYes, being a high-speed particle particle you should use relativistic momentum to describe the hit, but the idea is the same.