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GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Of Gravity-Drives and Inertial Dampers
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:30 PM
PURPLEYIN
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:59 PM
SAMURAIX47
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:55 PM
CALHOUN
Quote:PurpleYin wrote: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:30 1)How come all the planets, and even the moons seem to exert a gravity of around 1G even though they must have different masses?
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:14 PM
CHRISTHECYNIC
Quote:Originally posted by SamuraiX47: I would think that if you start messing with the gravity pull of a moon, which may be planet sized to begin with, then you could very well mess up its orbital mechanics.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:34 PM
TJACK
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:36 AM
ROBINHOOD
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:05 AM
OPUS
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:40 AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:41 AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:59 AM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by PurpleYin: In future I’ll keep my thoughts to myself.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:16 AM
SIKKUKUT
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:52 AM
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:53 AM
CORWYN
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:25 PM
ZEEK
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:24 PM
ILIZEDE
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:39 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Sikkukut: What if they wanted to settle somewhere with more than 1 Earth gravity?
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by corwyn: In Serenity, they turn the gravity in the air lock back on.
Quote:Originally posted by Sikkukut: I find it kind of funny that everybody worries about the gravity in Out of Gas but not the lights. The main engine is down, right? Which turns everything off. But there are back-up systems, because you don't want to suffocate every time your engine hiccups. It just so happens that in this case, the explosion knocked out the back-up life support-- and not the lights or gravity.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:35 PM
DROCCULARI
Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:35 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by robinhood: Enjoy the often exciting, always engrosing story lines, the complex array of different characters, the whitty and intelligent script and the incredible special effects. Nevermind trying to figure out how the gravity drive works, or how inertia damping is created. Or why moons don't have different rates of gravity.
Quote:What could possibly be gained from seeing all of our favourite characters floating about in slow motion on Whitefall because it has only a 6th or maybe 1/2 of Earth's gravity.
Quote:How much impact would the Ep 'Out of Gas' have if the gravity on the ship had also been lost due to the engine not running.
Quote:Oh and the lights? Well, everything would be pitch black wouldn't it? What could be gained from that?
Quote:Why focus on such tiny niggles, when you should be looking at the bigger picture?
Quote:But please try not to apply it to Firefly, because non of it's important as ILEZEDE said. Keep them seperate because to me, it's dragging it down to the same level as ST TNG. All technobabble to pad out a dull script, and cardboard characters.
Quote:Here's a little concept I've been working on.. why not just sit in front of the TV and watch one of the greatest pieces of Television ever created.
Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:10 AM
CLJOHNSTON108
Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:46 AM
XENOCIDE
Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:33 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:00 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:21 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:57 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:01 AM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by corwyn: In Serenity, they turn the gravity in the air lock back on. No, they turned off the power to the system negating the gravity. Make sence? Trek taught me well Chrisisall
Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Zeek: I assume the lights are also some sort of perpetually shiny material that require power to turn off.
Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:12 PM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by cljohnston108: Ummmm, I hope y'all realize that I'm on your side in this! My post was meant to be sarcastic in that patented Joss Whedon® style. Guess I have yet to master it!
Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:54 PM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:38 PM
Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:41 PM
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