RE: Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?
April 13, 2016 at 6:08 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2016 at 6:08 am by Alex K.)
(April 13, 2016 at 6:05 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I just read the article. So it's an initial impulse, not a continuous beam.
Yes, but it has to go for a while to get the object up to speed. Initially, only a minuscule fraction of the energy of the beam gets converted to actual movement. Almost all of it will be reflected. I've done a back of the envelope calculation:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
