Two hours later, the meteors flashed past—a glittering river of stone and ice, missing the hull by barely three kilometers. The crew watched in silence.
“You used a seized rotor as a reaction engine. You used batteries as reaction mass. You conserved our momentum by throwing our own ship apart.” action reaction and momentum conservation
“The rotor is stuck. But if we blow the hatch, the rotor’s outer casing will shear. One half will eject out the port side. The other half will stay with us.” Two hours later, the meteors flashed past—a glittering