Thursday, October 06, 2005
Thought of the Day
At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. When you begin to approach the speed of light, hydrogen atoms become cosmic-ray particles, and they will fry the crew. ...So 60,000 kilometers per second may be the practical speed limit for space travel.
Isaac Asimov in Sail On! Sail On! in The Relativity of Wrong
Isaac Asimov in Sail On! Sail On! in The Relativity of Wrong
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 12:01 PM 
