On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 12:43:40PM -0500, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
>> But wouldn't the crater walls be pretty hot?
>> And they'd steam off?
>
> In vacuum, steam molecules depart the vicinity at a good fraction of a
> kilometre per second.  There's no air getting in the way.
>
>

Wouldn't the cloud be moving toward the ship though?
I'd think the crater would focus it back along the line the laser came in on.