RE: Asteroids in Space (was: RE: FT Taskforce and Fleet Actions)

At 9:58 AM -0400 8/7/01, Mark 'Indy' Kochte wrote:

>
>Never be able to.*  THerefore the easiest solution is to assume
>that ships are composed of alloys that can *take* this kind
>of punishment in day-to-day space travel (after all, we ARE
>talking about ships surviving MT missile hits, where MT missiles
>are supposed to have the destructive power equivalent to nukes ;-).

One issue is whether or not the detonation of the Nuke is point or 
proximate to the ship. If it strikes the ship and detonates, then I'd 
expect these ships to be pretty stern stuff. If they are detonating 
proximate to the ship, then it isn't as big an issue. You don't get 
quite the shockwave in space as I understand it. There isn't an 
atmosphere to compress to make that wave. You do of course have nice 
thermal and radiation effects though.

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