Activity for Mike.C.Ford‭

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Question	—	What conditions would prevent the possibility of human-made satellites orbiting a habitable planet? I'm looking for something that would prevent humans being able to establish the use of satellites on an alien planet, but also would not prevent humans from living on the planet, or life developing on that planet. Humans must also be able to arrive onto and leave the planet, not necessarily at any p... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	An underwater creature that could take down a boat Imagine that when Christopher Columbus sailed West in his Carrack to travel around the world to reach India, he had never made it to land, because halfway across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and America his ship was attacked. It was a creature that no one had ever seen before, and no one lived t... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	Could an animal species evolve to use electricity? Yesterday I was driving at night on an unlit road (nothing nefarious, I swear), and there was a truck behind me with a ridiculous amount of headlamps on, and catching a glimpse of it in my mirror it looked a bit like an angry animal. It got me to thinking, if there was an animal that could switch on ... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	Is someone travelling on a space elevator/escalator possible? Let's assume that there is a way to travel into space that's not in a rocket, and a human can essentially just walk/be carried into the upper atmosphere and beyond. Would there be anything that, physically, would stop a human traveling into space from Earth at a reasonable pace on a escalator/elevat... (more)	—	over 9 years ago