Some questions on Spaceships

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by Rupert

You're throwing lumps of matter around at multiple miles per second. There's nothing surgical about it.

Sure it can be. If you want to assassinate President Evil, your missile can be programed to drain off velocity before entering atmosphere. Then it can approach his glorious palace at a speed no greater than a pre-starflight missile and explode wrecking the whole place but carrying no bigger a load than needed for that.