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Space ships don't have to be streamlined, but FAST spaceships do...

RL — 11/26/2017 4:50:31 AM (archived)

At relativistic speeds the background radiation becomes a drag force...

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The whole thread (8 posts)

Yomama light curve data and multispectral analysis - hank - 11/24/2017 9:57:58 PM
- Needle ships - Robert - 11/26/2017 1:50:01 AM
  - Space ships don't have to be streamlined, but FAST spaceships do... - RL - 11/26/2017 4:50:31 AM
  - Rama Redux - hank - 11/26/2017 3:05:51 AM
- Watch the skies - Robert - 11/26/2017 1:40:49 AM
  - Downstream? - hank - 11/26/2017 3:34:14 AM
- A proposal to visit it before it leaves the solar system - RL - 11/26/2017 1:05:31 AM
  - Rethinking Rama delta-vees - hank - 11/26/2017 3:55:14 AM

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