• Re: The Age of Fighting Sail in S P A C E !!

    From David Duffy@21:1/5 to Cryptoengineer on Sun Dec 1 06:19:17 2024
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    The only way to prevent it would be for the gas cloud to rotate
    as if it were a solid object, with the highest speeds at the outer
    edge, and the planets embedded in the cloud like raisins.

    But that would mean that beyond a certain point, the gas molecules
    would exceed solar escape velocity, and be lost. Also, objects in
    orbits just don't act that way,

    Surely a suitable distribution of dark matter could help here :)

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Duffy on Sun Dec 1 08:22:45 2024
    On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 06:19:17 -0000 (UTC), davidd02@tpg.com.au (David
    Duffy) wrote:

    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    The only way to prevent it would be for the gas cloud to rotate
    as if it were a solid object, with the highest speeds at the outer
    edge, and the planets embedded in the cloud like raisins.

    But that would mean that beyond a certain point, the gas molecules
    would exceed solar escape velocity, and be lost. Also, objects in
    orbits just don't act that way,

    Surely a suitable distribution of dark matter could help here :)

    Possibly.

    If it actually exists and isn't just thought to be there to "save the appearances".
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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