99.9999999999999967% of the speed of light

desperatemunter

02 Nov 15 08:14

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.. is the 'threshold speed' above which electron-positron occurs, and which would be a massive problem (due to the heat released) for a 'spaceship' wishing to go any faster.
(that word, 'spaceship', very old-hat i feel)

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Report desperatemunter • November 2, 2015 8:16 AM GMT

really really precise factoids - like this one - always tickle my fancy. To think someone actually worked that out - how terribly boring, shelf-stacking at the local minimart would be more of a trip into the unknown than that.

Report desperatemunter • November 2, 2015 8:22 AM GMT

missing word erratum : "'threshold speed' above which electron-positron pair-creation occurs..."

Report Ramruma • November 3, 2015 3:57 AM GMT

To think someone actually worked that out - how terribly boring, shelf-stacking at the local minimart would be more of a trip into the unknown than that.

Or junior clerk at the patent office?

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