Re: High Speed Projectiles
In reply to #2688 High Speed Projectiles by tony hayes
[email removed] writes: <About using a 1cc cube of lead, weighing just over 10 grams, to deliver energy slightly greater than the equivalent of 1kton of TNT to some deserving target.> > The one cubic centimeter of lead is easy to manipulate, easy to carry > and the ship of choice for launching is a scout or maybe a 6G light > escort. Asteroids need big tugs. Just how much acceleration can a good mass-driver deliver? If the ship is on the order of 100's of metres long and the mass-driver is spinally mounted (so it is as long as the ship), then the acceleration needed is on the order of 10**11 m/s**2. - - -- "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: [email removed] UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: [email removed]