tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625613341885362314.post2353878029891154712..comments2024-03-19T00:59:50.887-07:00Comments on Dear Planetary Astronomer Mike: Piloting a spaceship through a galaxy cluster.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811782087879425394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625613341885362314.post-42275838438661917502009-05-21T08:40:40.113-07:002009-05-21T08:40:40.113-07:00Hmm, this gets me thinking. If you were actually ...Hmm, this gets me thinking. If you were actually trying to get somewhere through space you would need to be going rather fast. So if I had an actual interstellar space craft that was capable of relativistic velocities (say 0.5 c) then aerodynamics would be an actual factor to take into account. At such a speed this interstellar medium would appear much more dense and many of the problems associated with flying through an atmosphere would surface. True? Obviously I'm guessing here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413523157867066413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625613341885362314.post-4519915493724372362009-05-16T13:03:00.000-07:002009-05-16T13:03:00.000-07:00How far would we have to go to actually encounter ...How far would we have to go to actually encounter one of these "masses"? Possible in our lifetime with current or future technology that is in the works (that we know about)?Best Fantasy and Science Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961394741061484019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625613341885362314.post-64186265065912502009-05-16T09:44:00.000-07:002009-05-16T09:44:00.000-07:00Thank you for the 'back of the envelope' explanati...Thank you for the 'back of the envelope' explanations. Your posts are always solid with reasoning. I always enjoy visiting.Lluviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372624951209457246noreply@blogger.com