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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:45 AM
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Quote:Originally posted by biotech: Curiously when the engines stop in out of gas, they still have gravity in the ship.
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Friday, August 1, 2003 7:33 AM
Quote:Originally posted by CaptBaggytrousers: Okay, I won't even try to come up with a workable theory here, but I want to point out once again that in Out of Gas, when the atmo and propulsion are out, there are still some lights and a working beacon (back-up battery, probably), but the gravity is also still on. The ship in Bushwhacked also had working gravity. If I were any more than a layman I would try to tie this and the propulsion issue together, perhaps by suggesting the Firefly transport afterburner is coupled with some kind of gravitational slingshot effect.
Friday, August 1, 2003 9:30 AM
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Friday, August 1, 2003 11:14 AM
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Tuesday, August 5, 2003 2:18 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Drakon: "So, I propose that the science-minded among us try to figure out another way to move between solar systems that does not require warp drives or jump gates." The jump gates I will give you, as that is an external device. But why no warp drive? There is no evidence to suggest there is no FTL travel. Just none to suggest there is, (except the obvious size stuff we have talked about earlier) The distance between stars is simply too vaste. Its 5 light YEARS to the next star. If you travelling slower than light, then its gonna take longer. Right now, I don't see any way of doing this, in the time alloted without some form of FTL travel. And I don't see any other way of doing this than by warp drive (metric engineering) which is not the voodoo science it was thought to be not that long ago. "my kind of stupid"
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 3:50 AM
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Thursday, August 7, 2003 6:13 AM
THEROGUEROOSTER
Quote:Originally posted by TheObsoleteMan: - The concept of "inner core" or "central" planets and "the outer rim" suggests one solar system. If we're talking about multiple systems, there's no reason why the privileged planets should be at the center--our own sun is on the edge of our Galaxy--it would take much longer to reach the center of our Galaxy, if we left Earth, than other stars nearby. If we went to a new galaxy, the outer edges would be more accessible than the interior. And going to a new galaxy, as in the phrase "A whole new galaxy of Earths", makes little sense. The nearest galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy, 2 million light years away. Surely there are many stars with planets in our own Milky Way much, much closer.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:37 AM
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Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:20 PM
VETERAN
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Quote:...I want to point out once again that in Out of Gas, when the atmo and propulsion are out, there are still some lights and a working beacon (back-up battery, probably), but the gravity is also still on. The ship in Bushwhacked also had working gravity.
Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:40 PM
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