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> They would fly at one-fifth of the speed of light what? I thought most materials would be obliterated by the damage caused by traveling through the interste
by Pxtl 4y ago
> They would fly at one-fifth of the speed of light
what? I thought most materials would be obliterated by the damage caused by traveling through the interstellar medium at such speeds.
- sliken 4y agoWould some be lost, likely. Would all have some holes in the large sails, sure. But some on board redundancy should let a decent fraction of them to survive. Keep in mind the lasers will boost the velocity for just minutes to hours, so you can launch many of them.