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Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by sandworm101 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:01PM (#36048259)
Impacts are impacts. Rockets are more like leaf blowers. Drop a massive rock into a pile of leaves and few leaves even move. Point a leaf blower at the pile and leaves will scatter everywhere.
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Re:The Damage to Lunar Orbiting Spacecraft Caused by the Eje... by moffkalast on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:48PM (#36051283)
Yeah but throw a car sized boulder into a pile of leaves at a few km/s and they'll scatter all the same.
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