Re: Sci Fi example

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

>       For those who keep track of such things there is an interesting
> part of a recent so-so science fiction book. The book is
> Book #4 Clark's Law            in the Babylon 5 series
> by Jim Mortimore
> -
> On pages 80 to 85 there is a reasonable description of a collision between
> two massive objects moving with small relative velocity in outer space.

This is a pretty good series for at least trying to get the science 
right. I recall that they actually have a decent depiction of 
spacecraft movement. It would be interesting to contrast this in a 
class with the "P51 on steroids" approach to spaceship  flight from 
Star Wars.

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