Re: Aftermath set in 2026

In article <vd9csq$1b5kg$1@dont-email.me>,
 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 9/28/2024 9:07 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:41:06 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
 

On 9/28/24 06:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:

Wouldn't the Mars mission be incapacitated by
the supernova as well?

>
They were not in the line of the chip breaking
EMP. The Earth was in line but if properly protected
on Earth the chips suvived too.
The Supernova was induced and directed toward
the Earth as I belive other comments have mentioned.

 
At 4.25 LY away, that's pretty good shooting!
 
And a very focused beam!

 
Not sure its even physically possible to have a beam that focused over
that distance.

To paraphrase Archimedes, give me a big enough mirror (or lens) and a
light source, and I can focus anywhere.

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"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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