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From: chris@ISM780.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <109@ISM780.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 01:38:03 EST
Article-I.D.: ISM780.109
Posted: Sun Feb 24 01:38:03 1985
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Nf-From: ISM780!chris    Feb 22 10:15:00 1985

I don't think this is a problem. Space is very big, and stars are
very far apart. I doubt if the lightsail capsule would get going
anywhere near the speed of light. (Any physicist who wants to
calculate the speed of the capsule as it passes the orbit of
Pluto, I would much appreciate it) It will take centuries to cross
the distance between us and the nearest star. It would be truly
unlikely if it ended up pointed towards anything near us. I doubt
if anybody anywhere and anywhen will ever notice out poor little
capsule. Such a capsule could pass through the solar system and
we would never notice it, unless it hit something.


		chris kostanick
		decvax!vortex!ism780!chris