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Near-instantaneous inter-star communication utilising wormholes
This is my first question on the worldbuilding stack exchange, I discovered this place last night when double-checking that my world's river-carving-through-a-mountain-range is possible (it was, which ...
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How can I figure out measurements/distances and hyperspace jump time in my universe that is simple enough for readers to understand?
I'm using an alternate version of the Milky Way as my setting. I need to know how far it is from one planet/area to another, and know how long it takes to jump via hyperspace -- Yes, I realize ...
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Reaching Proxima Centauri within 10 years of ship time in the year 2300
For scenaristic reasons, my colonization spaceship needs to reach Proxima Centauri within 10 years of ship time. How do they do that?
I'm starting to get a headache over this. At first I thought the ...
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Best design for Plasma Magnet Sail/Catch
What's the best design for a receiving end of a Plasma Sail/Catch.
That is, (ignoring the specific means of how for now), a broadcaster in solar system x sends out a soup of macro-scale particles at a ...
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Why are certain spaceships capable of warp at a moment's notice while others require some preparations?
After seeing an advert on my holo-watch about the latest fleet of interstellar spaceships capable of going into warp at the press of a button, I was both amazed and dumbfounded by it
Conventional warp ...
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Is it useful to use a reverse thrust system on a huge interstellar spaceship (1.7km) to slow down in space?
I’m working on a personal 3d animation project: A big, BIG interstellar spaceship (about 1.7 km long), propelled by two antimatter engines (Like the Venture Star, in the introduction of Avatar).
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System of government inside a generational ship (videogame)
I'm designing a sci-fi videogame.
But I've many doubts about the hierarchical structure.
On a ship "the captain" is the highest authority, directs, coordinates and controls all activities, ...
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Solving the biggest problem of relativistic interstellar spacecrafts
In FTL-free universes, interstellar travel is often done by vessels capable of continuous acceleration (the drives themselves are often magitech), which can use the effects of relativistic time ...
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How would a physicist explain this starship engine?
In my world, interstellar vessels use a drive whose design mankind learned from an extinct elder civilization. While construction of the drives is possible, the physical principles making them work ...
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Is it possible to break the sound barrier in space with a really fast spacecraft
I was doing some research online about slower-than-light interstellar spacecraft, and it got me thinking about a couple things. Although it may seem empty, the space between stars isn't a perfect ...
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Which of these two spaceships would count as the fastest man made craft ever launched? [closed]
For a while now, I've been "working" on a story where mankind begins to set out towards the stars; and in my procrastination I started to get hung up on something.
In the universe I'm working on, ...
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How can a probe at high speed launch a satellite in orbit of another planet? [closed]
This question may seem pointless for some people, but I think it actually may a real problem for space exploration.
Imagine an interstellar probe that is launched and accelerated up to 20% of the ...
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How do I explain that an interstellar spaceship still requires risky spacewalks?
It is the mid 22nd century A.D. Twenty men and women signed on a ten year space exploration trip to the nearest star system. There are robots to do ship maintenance and a powerful A.I. to monitor the ...
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Could time dilation cause unwanted structural effects?
I'm working on a science fiction story involving starships travelling about 95% of the speed of light. I wanted to have a reason for the starships to need to shield themselves against time dilation of ...
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