Bill Todd wrote:
> Seems reasonable from the standpoint of heating, but how about
> radiation
> (and particles, which one might assume are ejected from a super-nova
> at
> something close to c)? Even with the diameter of the Earth for
> protection,
> is there enough dust around us for back-scatter to do us in quickly?
Not even close.
> And
> what if the moon is full (well, Larry Niven[?] may have covered that
> one)?
The Moon would be very, very bright. Then the world would end.
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