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    Undergrad Why Does Doubling Velocity Increase Kinetic Energy by Four Times?

    This is a little OT, sorry. Hypothetical situation. :-) An asteroid massing 50 trillion metric tons in the main belt. I apply 10^19 joules of energy, a push so to speak. Via rocket or whatever. At a vector down the gravity well of the sun, towards earth. If I want to calculate the...
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    Understanding the Difference Between 2 and 3 Prong Outlets/Plugs

    what is the difference between two and three prong outlets/plugs?
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    High School Is Interstellar Travel Feasible with Current Physics?

    Project Daedalus In the 1970's the British Planetary Society wrote up a rather detailed study called Project Daedalus powered by lasers zapping pellets of deuterium causing small thermonuclear explosions resulting in a hot plasma which was used for thrust in an interstellar vehicle. I can't...