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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by m_mueller on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @04:09AM (#20221623)
follow-up: here is what wolfram alpha spits out for a 0.1 grams dust particle hitting you at 0.08c:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2F2+*+10%5E-4kg+*+(0...

it's 35% of the fission energy released by totally fissioning 1g of U-235!

i.e. I don't know whether this it's feasible to just have a heavy water & lead shield, as 0.1g is fairly optimistic to be the heaviest particle hitting you. Already at this size we're in range of tactical nuclear weapons.

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