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Keep in mine Dr. White is a bit of a kook. His obsession with FTL propulsion sometimes clouds his methods, and thus his results. Can't argue he isn't passionate about his goals, though. Granted, I hope he IS close to a breakthrough on this front, I just have a rather sizable amount of skepticism on it, especially given who has announced it.
As long as you don't mind literal months at constant, low G acceleration till you hit and then overcome the light barrier.
But STILL: Even zipping around at 1/4 or 1/3rd the speed of light will make colonization and exploitation of the solar system economically and physically viable.
You don't need the inertial dampeners for warp travel. Under warp the ship isn't technically moving, the space around it is. The inertial dampeners are for use under impulse so you don't get flattened during high, but sub light speed maneuvers.(or going from stop to full impulse in a matter of seconds)
Yeah. If they could just get up to enough speed to simulate 1G you'd use the "back" of the ship as the "ground" and there would be gravity. The problem is you'd have to slowly ramp down in speed in the opposite direction as you approach wherever it is you want to go or you'd get splatted if you suddenly stopped.
FYI: there is a thread for that series.
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Star Trek: Prodigy, Season 2 not coming to Paramount+?
I'm looking forward to this. :)
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Y'all remember when Playmates Star Trek line was THE hottest collector line of the early 90s? When Star Trek was a bigger franchise than Star Wars? Playmates apparently got the license back again and is looking to tickle them nostalgia buttons with their new line of Star Trek Universe Collection. Older figures will feature "nostalgic packaging" while figures from the newer series will get new "Universe packaging". First round of figures due online in July, in stores this fall.
I DO dig them. I was heavy into Star Trek before Star Wars flared up, and keeping the scale is interesting. Sculpting detail is better, but they still "feel" like those Playmates figures from back in the day.
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I DO dig them. I was heavy into Star Trek before Star Wars flared up, and keeping the scale is interesting. Sculpting detail is better, but they still "feel" like those Playmates figures from back in the day.
Playmates Toys Star Trek Universe Collection
Playmates Toys has just release images and information via StarTrek.com about their new Star Trek Universe Collection. The first wave in the Star Trek Universe collection will be available online in July. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Admiral James T. Kirk, Captain Spock, and Khan Noonien...
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Anyone else here playing Star trek Fleet Command?
You use a constant 1G acceleration to the half-way point and then "flip over" and do a constant 1G "deceleration". The real problem is reaction mass of some sort, which we haven't really solved.
Realistically, the problem is engines, not power. We have sources of power deep enough to make the literal hug tons of power needed to move stuff, just look at any nuclear powered air craft carrier: doesn't need to refuel except once a decade. We just don't have any engines that turn electrical power into directional thrust with sufficient output to carry all the crap the engines need to keep going to space.
Soon as we can make an ion engine that can reach escape velocity, or a device that can negate gravity or mass or something like that: then we're golden for tooling around the property. Visiting the neighbours, not so much, but the immediate area of our solar system: yeah.
Soon as we can make an ion engine that can reach escape velocity, or a device that can negate gravity or mass or something like that: then we're golden for tooling around the property. Visiting the neighbours, not so much, but the immediate area of our solar system: yeah.
Douglas Trumbull, Who Pioneered VFX on ‘2001,’ ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Close Encounters,’ Dies at 79
Douglas Trumbull, who was created visual effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Blade Runner, has died.
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I finally figured out the marketing plan of the franchise. They are making shows that speak to ever demographic. Disco is for the woke millennials, Lower Decks is for Family Guy/Rick Morty fans, Picard is for Xers who remember Next Generation, Prodigy is for Xers who remember Voyager...and their kids, and Strange New Worlds it targeted at Boomers/Xers who want a certain feel. CBS is going to see which flavor makes the most money, and that will be the direction of the franchise.
So the Kelvin film cast has yet to see the script for the next entry which is supposed to begin filming at the end of this year, but it seems Chris Pine is enthusiastic for whatever may come.
I've seen it said that this isn't strictly a very efficient way of getting around - if there's anything you can do to shorten the burn time and get the same impulse out of it, you make the middle part of the journey where you aren't thrusting anymore faster, so if a bigger engine lets you part with half of your fuel in half the time, you're winning, while increasing the amount of fuel runs you into the rocket equation and doesn't reduce travel time as fast. But if the limitations are strictly on your acceleration and there's no way around it, and fuel isn't an object, it makes sense. (Which, of course, is why they do it in The Expanse, which has magic impulse engines but not warp, and substitute "crew comfort and health" for "ease of filming".)