Re: (TFT) please help (OT?)

[Jim Kundert <gypsycomet@gmail.com>]

The "prow" effect probably oscillates a bit for exactly that reason,
swimming back and forth across the front of the ship's lane of travel.
 Anything in the way is probably handled in whatever way is best for
it, which can be determined pretty far in advance given ST's magic
sensors.

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:09 AM,  <dwtulloh61@cox.net> wrote:
> 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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