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Do interstellar rocks pose a threat to interstellar travel? [closed]
In the recently released movie Passengers the ship hits a chunk of rock about the size of a softball that punches through multiple layers of hull and creates a problem.
Assuming that a spaceship is ...
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What would happen if a rocket traveling at speed of light would collide with a planet (like earth)? [closed]
Let's assume it is possible for a spacecraft to travel at the speed of light (I've read the interstellar book by Kip Thorne, apparently this is theoretically possible if you swing around two black ...
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Road map for a faster spaceship [closed]
New Horizons, speediest yet, is currently running at about 15 km/sec relative to the sun. What is the roadmap for future ? How is it possible to reach much faster speeds ?
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How should one rationally deal with the issue of space travelling alien civilizations?
What kind of reasoning is appropriate to understand the as of today unanswered question of whether there are (other) interstellar space travelling civilizations in the Milky Way?
We have already sent ...
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