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> and therefore the denser the stars are, so dodging gets harder. Not sure this is true, since the stars also get "smaller" and therefore harder to hit. Also,
by WJW 5y ago
> and therefore the denser the stars are, so dodging gets harder.
Not sure this is true, since the stars also get "smaller" and therefore harder to hit. Also, while you have less time to dodge you also don't have to dodge "as much" since your vast speed means you move through any zone quite quickly and therefore don't have much time to heat up/get irradiated. You can probably pass by a star relatively closely as long as you are moving fast enough. (From a heat/radiation perspective, solar wind particles might still mess you up good)
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThe stars only get smaller in the direction you're traveling. Perpendicular to that (that is, in the direction you have to dodge), they don't change no matter what your velocity is.
- mike_hock 5y agoBut is hitting a star (or a planet) head on a realistic risk?
- numpad0 5y agoHere are my preemptive prayers to lost billion colonists aboard the ships that hit stray planetary bodies between 3450 - 4550 A.D. Your genes and spirits will be carried on by the quadrillions that made it, but for now, may you rest in peace.