CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoThe space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageThe space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics...sh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agothis ignoring the tiny little issue of overheating during reentry
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWell that’s why one of the proposed materials is tungsten, the problem with that being that tungsten is a bit heavy.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGram of tungsten has a mass of something like 15 grams I’m referring to Rogozhin’s idea of putting FAB-500s as a payload, boompaste doesn’t tolerate such conditions
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA gram of tungsten weighs 15 grams? That’s not… how… weight works.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoi thought it’s more widely known https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diamond-the-hardest-metal
minus-squareQuereller@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGram of tungsten has a mass of something like 15 grams. Yeah, probably not. 19.3 g/ cm3
minus-squareMarin_Rider@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoheavy is one of the advantages though. kinetic mass in a smaller morr aerodynamic package
this ignoring the tiny little issue of overheating during reentry
Well that’s why one of the proposed materials is tungsten, the problem with that being that tungsten is a bit heavy.
Gram of tungsten has a mass of something like 15 grams
I’m referring to Rogozhin’s idea of putting FAB-500s as a payload, boompaste doesn’t tolerate such conditions
A gram of tungsten weighs 15 grams?
That’s not… how… weight works.
i thought it’s more widely known
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diamond-the-hardest-metal
Gram of tungsten has a mass of something like 15 grams.
Yeah, probably not.
19.3 g/ cm3
heavy is one of the advantages though. kinetic mass in a smaller morr aerodynamic package