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What would the scientific explanation be for an energy source that can last 130,000 years?
I am playing with the idea of an alien ship landing on earth 130,000 years ago. Over time it's covered up with water and sediments and is eventually discovered in modern day.
It contains numerous ...
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Could a ion thruster work in atmosphere with enough energy?
Well, some days ago I watched a video talking about the Halo transport ship "Pelican", which uses nuclear fusion turbines (don't worry, this question isn't about Halo).
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How much energy can a space ship use internally without overheating?
More thoughts on hard science possibilities for interstellar colonization and the request to check my understanding of physics.
Suppose you have a fully self contained colony ship. They have some ...
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How to compromise block chain force shield? [closed]
Set in the distant future, a notorious terrorist group infamously known as "51 Crew" is planning an ambush near the orbit of Thebe, Jovian moon. In the next few hours an armoured shuttle holding a ...
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How would an energy-based "projectile" blow up a spaceship?
I have noticed this in many fictions: during a battle between spaceships exchanging fire in empty space, a pulse of laser fire hits the hull and the entire spaceship explodes into many pieces.
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Integrated shielding for a space ship [closed]
I came up with a concept for a shielding system for space vessels. The outer hull plating is made up of a special material, like modified steel perhaps. Energy from the ship's main power source is ...
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Synthesizing fuels with excess energy
Inspired by this question on putting massive capacitor-banks on spaceships I have been wondering about alternative ways to store excess energy from ever-running reactors.
In this question I would ...
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Capital space ships: Several large fusion reactors vs many smaller ones
A group of ships I've made are supposed to be modular in design with each modular hull segment being self sustainable both in terms of power needs and crew upkeep (oxygen, food, water, etc.)
I've ...
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Disabling a spaceship while leaving it repairable?
I'm looking for a weapon a ship can carry that can disable a ship without any permanent damage to its subsystems or significant hull breaches. This will mostly be used by pirate factions (capturing a ...
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What would be the positive and negative traits of a total matter to energy conversion drive?
Here is the basic outline for the drive:
The drive, at its most basic, is a device that converts any matter into pure energy, and the operator can choose exactly what kind of energy is produced, and ...
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How can nuclear power produce -electricity- in space when energy must be converted differently?
Hear me out before you downvote; It's not as simple as it seems.
On Earth, nuclear reactions produce heat energy. This is used to heat water, creating steam, powering turbines connected to generators ...
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What power source could accelerate my O'Neill cylinder to fractions of c?
An O'Neill cylinder for those not in the know is basically a space habitat consisting of a rotating cylinder 32km long and 8km in diameter. I want to turn one into an actual spacecraft rather than a ...
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Realistic Spaceship shields? [duplicate]
I think you all know some examples of shields used by spaceships, often they are presented like a bubble around the ship.
My question is how does it form the shield energy into a bubble.
The bubble ...
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Far Future, Space. Most plausible way to store short-term energy?
Please assume the following:
A spaceship in the far future.
Output: The ships systems have a high base demand of energy and sometimes you need extreme amounts of Energy in a very short period of ...
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How much power would artificial gravity and inertial dampeners require?
Ignoring, for the sake of this question, how exactly the gravitational fields required for this to work are generated:
The question
Our stalwart adventurers have a spaceship, perhaps a gateship, ...
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