Re: [GZG] Gzg-l Digest, Vol 37, Issue 24

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 09:31:17AM -0500, Allan Goodall wrote:

>I'm not disagreeing with anyone here, but as I like to caution, you can
only
>use "real life physics" in FT so far before you run head first into a
>logical wall. (See older discussions about missile momentum and
throwing
>rocks at ships at X% of the speed of light.)

Oh, absolutely.

And to go the other way, one doesn't want the most cost-effective
anti-starship weapon to be not a beam battery but a fast-moving debris
field.

R
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