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Comment by nine_k

Sadly, not very feasible because of the hydrogen atoms floating around in the empty space, about 1 per cubic meter.

At speeds about 0.5C a collision with such an atom produces X-rays, and harder gamma rays at higher speeds. They are pretty hard to insulate against, and are actively harmful. For a spaceship of a considerable size, enough collisions would occur to be dangerous. The paper: https://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=...

parent nine_k 3 years ago

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