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I have always wondered, let’s say we eventually invent some technology that allows us to travel through space at .1c or .5c or even .99c, wouldn’t the ship coll
by jliptzin 4y ago
I have always wondered, let’s say we eventually invent some technology that allows us to travel through space at .1c or .5c or even .99c, wouldn’t the ship colliding with a tiny piece of space dust/debris rip the whole thing apart at that speed?
- monk_e_boy 4y agoYes. https://www.quora.com/In-movies-spaceships-often-accelerate-to-lightspeed-Why-dont-they-ever-collide-with-any-objects-in-space-while-moving-so-fast https://www.quora.com/In-movies-spaceships-often-accelerate-...
- kadoban 4y agoDefinitely. There's a scifi story I read some years back with relatavistic space travel and battle where the primary weapon they'd use is dust.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoyeah hopefully by the time we're traveling that fast we have energy shields