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If 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" fast (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Pun intended, but still a serious question.

Would a neutron matter? (Pun also intended, but also serious)

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why Star Trek's Enterprise has that forward-facing deflector dish. It wouldn't last very long without something to prevent such collisions.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

How the hell did they think of everything in the 1960s? Like, their science is good.

Didn't they have Arthur C Clark advising them or someone like that?