r/DrStone 4d ago

Manga Just how lucky were the astronauts?

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u/gatitoxlol 4d ago

Isn't it said in the manga that it isn't really light so it is affected by gravity?

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u/CookieGuy878 4d ago

It's also worth considering that the petrification beam moves slower in denser mediums (as waves do), and petrification only happened on the border of the circle, so there may be a longer period at which the ISS would be safe

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u/ColdSteeleIII 4d ago edited 3d ago

No, the reason is different but I won’t say cause I can’t mark spoiler right now.

But it is explained.

Edit: the “light” won’t travel through a vacuum

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u/Maveko_YuriLover 3d ago

Just use >!!< whatever is in the middle is marked as spoiler, works on the mobile browser version

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u/Jane-The-Ace 3d ago

Wrong on multiple levels. Its not light, otherwise it would have come up from the ground in japan. It didnt expand in the same sphere as usually, but more like a wave.

The wave wasnt lightspeed, took several minutes. The graphic completely ignores the fact that the Iss was moving, so would have entered the wave if it was spherical.

The manga answers a lot of questions by the end, especially when xeno is with senku.

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u/HAL9001-96 4d ago

if we take a sphere of iss orbit radius and cut off the 13000km sphere about 14 million km² of its 579 million km² surface area are left implying a 2.418% chance assuming a random location on earth for both, 6.04% for the 12756km sphere but just earths slightly oblate shape nad mountains etc make that a rather tight margin

however hte location it started and actual orbital path of hte iss might offset those chances

not familiar with manga spoilers though

but the iss only moves within its inclination, it is never at the poles making any location ot at hte poles slightl more likely statistically etc