Re: Would the air catch fire?

Brian Feeney ( (no email) )
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:45:35 -0400

With the invention of the anti gravity device comes the need to use it in a
responsible manner.
>Can we trust our fellow man to use it responsibly?
>
>What are the group's thoughts?
>
>Colin M....
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One of the most significant problems and responsibilities that comes with
the application of AG technology is preventing some loony tune from crashing
a projectile or vehicle into earthly objects or indeed the entire earth at
extremely high velocities. I suspect there is a speed limit when hitting the
atmosphere at 1000's of km / sec that would vapourize anything prior to
making it to the ground; the air burst would however be impressive.

The positive I can reference is pilots donot go crashing into things
deliberately with their aircraft. Indeed it is impressive how few incidences
there has been in the history of aviation of deliberate, non wartime, Kama
Kazi. From a mass market perspective i.e. an AG vehicle for instance, near
or full automated flight will be the order of the day. Smart vehicles could
be programed from doing nasty things.

Cheers,
Brian