Regarding ke ≅ 8.988×109:
“In passing you might note that this means that two charges, of one coulomb each, placed one metre apart exert a force upon each other that exceeds the weight of two fully laden oil super-tankers. Do not try this at home.”“Unit Systems in Electromagnetism“
For the sake of amusement…I am a bit disappointed in your title for this entry: it seems that what you are saying is that, given the draw between the two supposed ships, they would not pass but perhaps, at best, circle…ever inward until collision (and perhaps a wholly conflagrated disaster).—Yer Doctor
Who started this up again?
-2GD