Exactly. [A nod. He's caught on pretty well, thank goodness.
She reaches out to touch her fingers to the cool glass.] Exactly. Let's say you use half your fuel reserves to get up to speed, you need to use the other half to slow down when you get where you're going. [Of course, you wouldn't exactly use half and half, it'd probably be much smaller fractions, but for the sake of a discussion.] So you wouldn't have anything left afterwards.
I wonder why they did this. You could have a point-- if they want to be found for the sake of a rescue, best to stay in one spot unless your rescuers can meet you where you're gonna be.
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She reaches out to touch her fingers to the cool glass.] Exactly. Let's say you use half your fuel reserves to get up to speed, you need to use the other half to slow down when you get where you're going. [Of course, you wouldn't exactly use half and half, it'd probably be much smaller fractions, but for the sake of a discussion.] So you wouldn't have anything left afterwards.
I wonder why they did this. You could have a point-- if they want to be found for the sake of a rescue, best to stay in one spot unless your rescuers can meet you where you're gonna be.