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Chronos
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An interjection, if I may. A neutron star traveling at .99c is a fantasy, so imagining its potential destructiive power is also fantasy.
Chronos said:An interjection, if I may. A neutron star traveling at .99c is a fantasy, so imagining its potential destructiive power is also fantasy.
Yes but this was a thought experiment by the OP. He didn't say he was getting ready to add a layer of tinfoil...Chronos said:Well Dave, anything is possible, but few are as improbable as a neutron star traveling at .99c in this, or any other galaxy.
Chronos said:Well Dave, anything is possible, but few are as improbable as a neutron star traveling at .99c in this, or any other galaxy. No known force in the universe could impart the amount of energy necessary to accelerate such an object to near light speed.