Comment Re:Holy Mackerel! (Score 4, Informative) 465
It should be (60e6 * 1e3 kcal) / (2*c^2) = 1.39659835 since the normal matter that will also be annihilated will contribute to the mass-energy conversion.
It should be (60e6 * 1e3 kcal) / (2*c^2) = 1.39659835 since the normal matter that will also be annihilated will contribute to the mass-energy conversion.
The "elementary arithmetic" (Peano arithmetic) is recursive.
We could also use artificial Lunar and Martian magnetospheres to deflect charged particles from approaching the Moon or Mars respectively.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"