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RE: Sensors or firecons?

From: "laserlight@q..." <laserlight@quixnet.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:20:19 -0400
Subject: RE: Sensors or firecons?

>From: david garnham
>As for trying to jink a 10,000 ton plus starship, travelling at
thousands
of miles per hour, to eveade a beam travelling at light speed, I don't
think that's very feasible. IMHO :)

If you're accelerating at 500 gravities, as in the Honor Harrington
universe, "thousands of miles per hour" is quite slow. Working it out in
my
head, one **second** of acceleration should mean a displacement of 2.5
kilometers.

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