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Would keeping all coils on be a good way to surpass the coilgun timing problem?
Apologies if this has been asked before. Was watching Spacedock on youtube talking about the popularity of railguns/coilguns and the issue of timing of turning the coils on and off being one of the ...
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Are there one or two science-based/natural occurences that could rationalize the circumstances of my story?
Here are the conditions of my story:
A group of people (Group A) has become trapped on an island.
Something occurs ("The Event") that forces Group A to abandon the island.
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In a world where the grid started with inverters instead of alternators, would we still use sine wave ac?
On one hand a big advantage of sine wave is that it is easily produced using alternators, but it also has other advantages.
Would we still use sine wave ac if the grid started with inverter technology ...
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Avoiding friendly-fire or environmental concerns when flamethrowers are ubiquitous in a melee-dominated society
So i'm parodying Dune, the 40k universe and vietnam here, but the general principle is that i'm writing a soft-sci-fi setting where flamethrowers are heavily used in warfare.
Background: faction A ...
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Can a plasma thruster (using water as fuel) bring a crewed vessel from Titan to Enceladus orbit in 30 days or less?
So I've been worldbuilding a hard-ish setting in the Saturn system (science-based in Worldbuilding's terminology). I am looking for an engine that could be a good, durable and cheap workhorse that ...
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What physical changes to the mouth would cause problems with articulation?
I’m sorry if this is not worded well, this is my first time asking a question.
The (human) character I’m asking about has elongated canines similar to that of classic vampire teeth. It’s important to ...
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Making a case for a defensive infantry wedge formation
Disclaimer: So i'm writing a parody setting of DnD/ASOIF/LOTR so just accept that things might be a bit farcical
Background: we have a formation of heavily armoured dismounted knights with cleaver ...
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Is it possible for scattered societies to subsistence farm on a world of small islands?
The world has flooded so that only small islands remain, ~1-20 miles across on average. Similar to Nassau, Mikonos, and Jeju Island of our own world.
All spread between the different geographical ...
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Shotguns In Space
I'm working on a video game set in a hard(-ish) sci fi setting, and an issue has occurred to me regarding shotguns in space. Shotguns - in theory - are an excellent weapon against drones and such that ...
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Assuming that production isn't a problem, what would be the easiest antimatter element to store and contain?
Basically my spacefaring civilization finds a relic left behind by a sufficiently advanced alien civilization, called the Inverter. No one knows how it works and I'm not even going to bother ...
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Is it possible for a Mercury-type planet to form in lieu of an asteroid belt where one would normally form?
I am aware that the reason why we have an asteroid belt instead of a planet between Mars and Jupiter is because Jupiter stole most of the mass in that region (including some mass that would have ...
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What can be improved? [closed]
🧪 EXPERIMENT "Ψ-LIFE"
Creating an Alternative Biosphere Without Carbon, Oxygen, or Water
A Thought Experiment on Emergent Biology in an Anaerobic Ammonia Environment
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Flattish planetoid
I have been struggling with Google AI to build a plausible habitable planetoid that feels essentially flat without collapse into a sphere. Suggested parameters?
I found I can get a 1200 mile central ...
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Could a universe be governed by curvature emerging from electrostatic tension rather than spacetime fabric —and just what would such a law then imply? [closed]
In standard physics, curvature is defined as the bending of spacetime caused by mass-energy. But suppose a different framework existed in which curvature is not a geometric deformation of spacetime ...
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What would the g-force be at the end of a rotating skyhook? [closed]
I'm talking about something like this:
With a rotating skyhook similar to this, but slightly more advanced, the kind where the tip "slows" down enough so that it is stationary relative to ...
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