Re:Relativistic Spaceship
by sudhirj on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:38AM
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The energy that comes from a mass-energy conversion greatly exceeds kinetic energy losses.
For the same reason that the power of an atomic bomb does not depend on how fast you smash the sections together - it depends on how much mass is converted to energy in the resulting reaction.
For the same reason that the power of an atomic bomb does not depend on how fast you smash the sections together - it depends on how much mass is converted to energy in the resulting reaction.