Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-dcd!jack From: jack@hp-dcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: boom after T-5 - (nf) Message-ID: <1278@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jul-83 03:23:49 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1278 Posted: Mon Jul 4 03:23:49 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jul-83 15:42:33 EDT Sender: netnews@hp-pcd.UUCP Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis OR Lines: 12 #N:hp-dcd:26500007:000:342 hp-dcd!jack Jul 2 20:58:00 1983 Re: Why can't self destruct be stopped after T-5 seconds? I always thought it was an engineering limitation, not an administrative one. After T-5 seconds, the matter & anti-matter are already falling together and can't be stopped (or something physical like that). -Jack Applin IV (ucbvax!decvax!cca!sri-unix!hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)