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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Light? I mean they're light sails, right? 😆

(I'll see myself out)

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Is lobster sauce made out of lobsters, or is it made of something else and you put it on lobsters?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It's made by lobsters. It doesn't matter what they make it of, or where it goes.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

actual LOL from me

[-] astrozoli@linux.community 2 points 2 months ago

Oh man you’ve beat me to it

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

The best material would be something thin and shiny like mylar, no?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 months ago
[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Interesting problem. Kinetic energy is E~k~ = kv^2^, where k = 1/2 for Newtonian physics. To double your speed, you need to apply four times the energy. Momentum is p = mv, so doubling your speed doubles your momentum. When you're in a vehicle collision, it's your momentum that hurts you as you collide with the car frame around you. Small particles don't have much mass, but at relativistic speeds they have a lot of momentum.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

What do Space Pirates use? Let's use that.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Pixels, I think.

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