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Originally Posted by publiusr
Fine with me!
Cool image
http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.php
"A crucial design point is the avoidance of "shock-shock" interactions where one shock wave hits another directly in front of the body. If this were to occur there would be catastrophic consequences for space-time in these regions. The image shows that the designers certainly knew their stuff - at this speed, the bow shocks pass comfortably outside the other sections of the vehicle. However at Warp 10, this may not be the case!" |
So they figured out the airflow around a craft that wasn't designed to fly in an atmosphere?
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