Comments on: How Close Is Too Close?

By: Brian Koberlein

Brian Koberlein — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:31:07 +0000

That actually raises an interesting question. For an external compression, it doesn’t take much squeezing to do serious damage. But in this case everything would be shifted, which is different than external pushing. If all the atoms in your cells shift by a millimeter, rather than a cell being squeezed from the outside, how much damage would that really do? I don’t know.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:12:16 +0000

It could also be possible that being aligned with the waves the right way for your bones to break or at least fracture. Ouch.

By: Herbert Miller

Herbert Miller — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:16:55 +0000

I think by 2 millimeter expansion and compression of your body in a wave traveling at the speed of light would probably be fatal. The force upon your brain will be much greater than that of people who suffer concussions. If your spinal column was aligned along the direction of travel it could sheer the nerves. At the very least you would be in a world of pain and very probably find yourself dead.

By: RichK

RichK — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:01:28 +0000

so,if at 10,000km only 2mm distortion to matter, how is the 3 solar masses worth of energy manifested?

By: Wilko Lunenburg

Wilko Lunenburg — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:54:13 +0000

But what does the energy do? As you said, three solar masses converted to energy is huge, what does and where would that be dissipated?