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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by chasing on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:13PM (#11481419)
> a swarm of unguided relativistic projectiles

In a sense, this is essentially what the universe is.

Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by tgflynn on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:04PM (#11481965)
I don't think you'll find 0.2c relative velocities except near very energetic phenomena, especially not of things that are too small to easily see coming.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by skykooler on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:49PM (#11482401)
Cosmic rays are far too small to easily see coming, and we get those all the time here.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by tgflynn on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:36PM (#11484177)
I think it should be clear from the context that this discussion was about macroscopic objects. Cosmic rays don't carry the kinetic energy equivalent of a medium size nuke.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by maxxxxx on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:37PM (#11481703)
True, the universe is generally a pretty unfriendly place that tries to kill you in any possible way.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by amackera on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:49PM (#11482390)
To be fair, the universe was pretty friendly and created us in the first place.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by Razengan on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:08PM (#11483128)
Technically, we are the universe trying to understand itself.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:15PM (#11483177)
Technically, we may be the universe trying not to kill itself.
Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by hinkley on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:08PM (#11484000)
Technically, we may be the universe trying to kill itself.