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Re:What happens to chirality at relativistic velocities? by BahUnfair on Sunday June 20, 2010 @06:45PM (#1447342)
Thankyou, I picked up on this to. It amuses me that someone can know quite a bit about the theory and then completely miss the most obvious flaw in his idea. The ridiculous mass of objects, however, is (theoretically) true.
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Re:What happens to chirality at relativistic velocities? by JabavuAdams on Sunday June 20, 2010 @06:54PM (#1447352)
... mass as seen from another reference frame ...

but yeah, there may be a reason to make your interstellar ships have small cross-sectional area ... and ice shields ... wonders why he forgot to take an Alastair Reynolds book on vacation

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Re:What happens to chirality at relativistic velocities? by BahUnfair on Monday June 21, 2010 @12:12AM (#1447916)
Haha thanks for the correction. I forget that I need to take care with definitions when it comes to physics concepts.

I just finished reading Redemption Ark, that leaves Absolution Gap and The Prefect. Only a good 2000+ pages to go!

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