Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoIf I were traveling some near light speed percent, and hit a grain of sand, would it be catastrophic? What are the chances of violent destruction in the "vacuum" of space, when going "relatively" fastmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareIf I were traveling some near light speed percent, and hit a grain of sand, would it be catastrophic? What are the chances of violent destruction in the "vacuum" of space, when going "relatively" fastMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
Pun intended, but still a serious question. Would a neutron matter? (Pun also intended, but also serious)
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 day agoKe=1/2 M V^2 Not relativistic. So wildly low. But certainly a low bound. My point being that nuclear bomb grade energy is certainly in the ballpark.
Ke=1/2 M V^2 Not relativistic. So wildly low. But certainly a low bound. My point being that nuclear bomb grade energy is certainly in the ballpark.