Re: High Speed Projectiles

[email removed] writes:
>
> About flying blind... (ie insuffiecent time for collision avoidance @ .1C)
> Well, as I said before... "Fred, you knew the job was dangerous when you
> took it" - SuperChicken.

Which is why I said I wouldn't take it.  :-)

> Well sure there's a chance you won't make it to the target.  But imagine the
> thrill of hitting .1c and getting that tite "Fastest Being alive"

There's little, if any, chance that you will make it to the target.  There
might be a chance of hitting .1c before you hit a dust particle.

> And if you are really nervous, that's what auto pilots are for.  Dig?

So now you intend to sacrifice (or at least, risk a very high probability of
sacrificing) a whole ship.  Even without worrying about a crew, that's a lot
more expensive than, say, a couple of nuclear missiles.

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