Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Jeffrey Schwartz 10 Dec 2014 15:19 UTC
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 12:43:40PM -0500, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote: >> But wouldn't the crater walls be pretty hot? >> And they'd steam off? > > In vacuum, steam molecules depart the vicinity at a good fraction of a > kilometre per second. There's no air getting in the way. > > Wouldn't the cloud be moving toward the ship though? I'd think the crater would focus it back along the line the laser came in on.