In movies and television planets are always shown to be so bright floating out there in space. I don't find it hard to believe that the earth is so well lit because of it's relative distance to the sun being so much closer than other planets in our galaxy, but would planets as far out as Neptune and Pluto be just as bright outside a spaceship's window if I was able to travel there?I figure since space is a vacuum and light moves unimpeded through space (provided it doesn't hit anything) it should do just as good a job on a far away planet as a near one, even if it would take longer to reach out towards the end of our solar system.
that builf then thin from top to bottom, they fly really high, and they have computers on board that can disable other computers or radars from seeing it
Its paint, radar jammer and flying low and a bunch of luck.
Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) works by reflecting high frequency radio waves off the target aircraft (or whatever). Certain materials can absorb radio waves and certain shapes can scatter them, so the unusual angular shape and fact they are matt black, is all to make as small a signature on a radar screen as possible. This of course needs no switch flippin.
If you live near a busy highway, you won't have your cat long. It's only a matter of time before it wanders up there and becomes road kill. Reflective collars do nothing - cars travelling on a highway aren't expecting a cat or other animal to dart out in front of them. And reflective collars give sick people something to aim for. You don't have a good outdoor place for a cat - why get one?
