Re: (TFT) please help (OT?)

[<dwtulloh61@cox.net>]

In my mind, it meant either zapping the particle or deflecting it around 
the ship.  If the NavShields were arranged like the prow of a ship, this 
sounds more achievable.  You'd still have to zap the particle if it's 
velocity vector "centerlined" the ship.

---- Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu> wrote: 
> I missed that. Means, the shield sees the particle and steers the 
> ship around it? I'm not totally sure that would save energy relative 
> to zapping the particle.
> 
> At 18:01 -0500 11/11/11, <dwtulloh61@cox.net> wrote:
> >I seem to recall hearing about "navigational shields" on a Trek show
> >once.  NavShields would certainly mitigate the effects of dust and other
> >small particles, small being relative to the amount of power dumped
> >into the shields.
> >
> >---- Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu> wrote:
> >>  "Magic" - Star Trek/Star Wars, you have some sort of drive that makes
> >>  space look like nothing.
> >>
> >>	At some point, relativity gets involved and you start having
> >>  to crank in time dilation, redshift/blueshift, and similar effects.
> >>  At some point, very fast (relative to you) dust particles hitting you
> >>  become fatal projectiles; likewise normal light photons blue-shifted
> >>  up to the gamma radiation range. Apparently, "magic" drives overcome
> >>  both of these effects and probably many others.
> >>
> 
> 
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