Object
Speed up
Speed up verb - To cause to move or proceed fast or faster.
Both terms in one sentence
- Then things go to hell when the ship collides with a nebula (due to the mass of the ship and nebula at that speed, it's like hitting a solid object); the ship's decelerator system is damaged, so they can speed up (and steer) but can't slow down.note They're on a one-way ride to wackiness!
Source: Literature / Tau Zero - Big Dumb Object: The planet-spanning "viaducts" built by the Assemblers to wrap and encircle New Springfield, which are revealed to be the components for a Dyson Motor that will speed up the rotation of New Springfield to destroy it.
Source: Literature / The Long Earth -
So how exactly is it easier to speed up an object rather than slow it down?
Source: One-Dimensional Thinking
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