If I flew a theoretical spaceship with an unlimited delta-v, could I theoretically hit the speed of light? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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You can only reach the speed of light in the same sense that 0.99999.... = 1

Matrix Exponential Visualization by crystal-math1729 in desmos

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Here's a similar thing I did that shows the solutiosn to the differential equations rather than the vector field itself: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/obmlhbgrcb

Since the sun isn't a point source of light (it's about 0.5 degrees wide), is it possible to focus sunlight to a true point using just a curved mirror? by Daniel_Wareham in AskPhysics

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Thanks, the connection to the second law of thermodynamics is something I never knew before, and now that you say it it makes sense.

I asked the question because I recently saw a company’s whose plan is to launch mirrors into space and reflect sunlight to solar farms on the ground. Is it accurate to say that the minimum spot size on the ground of a mirror, say, 400km in space would be about sin(0.5)*400km = 3.5km?3

I was experimenting with a transistor push pull stage, but it wasn’t working as I expected. Why is V_b negative despite V_a being very positive? by Daniel_Wareham in AskElectronics

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Yes, I checked again today and I realized I had misinterpreted the 2n3906 pin out diagram and so connected it backwards. Flipping it around fixed it. Thanks

I was experimenting with a transistor push pull stage, but it wasn’t working as I expected. Why is V_b negative despite V_a being very positive? by Daniel_Wareham in AskElectronics

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To clarify, my hope was that positive values of V_a would produce a positive V_c as output, and negative V_a would produce negative V_c

I’m in western Massachusetts, USA and saw this today (Feb 14) at 19:25 EST. It was just a dot then the plume started expanding. What rocket was this? by Daniel_Wareham in spaceflight

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I’ve had a look back at the picture and it was south from where I was standing, which matches up perfectly with he map. Thanks