![]() ![]() The term "lights" is used like the navy term "knots". 1 kilolight: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, from Iain M."Under Cherenkov drive she cranks Mike 400 or better-say Sol to Capella, forty-six light-years, in under six weeks." Presumably "Mike" refers to Michelson–Morley. Mike 1,000: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, from Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers.100,000% lightspeed: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, because the percentage is the factor times 100. ![]()
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