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Posts by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Space Farms: algae vs plants for food/oxygen?

First the reality-check: In a sci-fi world where humans have interstellar travel but "nice" Earth-like planets are rare, what reasons might an algae farm be "better" than a plant farm, especially ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Bioengineered underground Arco based loosely on"¦ a wart?

I need an semi-organic structure large enough to fit a dense kasbah village on top, that protrudes from a shallow sea. additional info, maybe unimportant: planet orbits a red dwarf star tidally lo...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Electric Universe: can an object be pinned at a solar pole with magnetic flux?

In an Electric Universe, where space is plasma soup and electromagnetism is the "magic" that can defeat the laws of physics, all stars are connected by invisible Birkland currents. Picture the rop...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A What happens to the leftovers from asteroid mining?

I understand that asteroids are very very far apart, but everything I am reading about asteroid mining omits any information about what happens to the waste rock or "tailings" that would presumably...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Excuses to move my "space city" to an aerostat?

My graphic novel involves a large flying city on a Venus-like planet. Yes, I have done my research, and for various reasons it will be an aerostat-hibrid megastructure: a metaphor for the elaborate...

9 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Can I detect one ship arriving in an otherwise abandoned solar system?

My setting is more Space Opera than science based, but I am attempting to keep a consistent set of rules for space travel. I'll try to narrow down my question to a "lowest denominator" for the bene...

7 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Would decreasing the diameter of an orbital ring create artificial gravity?

My habitat ring is constructed in orbit around a planet with disconnected sections: (not to scale, obviously) The sections are connected by cables and winched together. As the diameter gets sma...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Can I have a glacier on a tidally-locked shallow-sea planet?

I have a planet that is tidally locked to its sun. The ocean is shallow (a few hundred meters) and was artificially created in the past by harvesting the system's Oort cloud or outer-system ice a...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Incapacitating an android in magnetized liquid oxygen?

A space opera sultan has a problem. Sentient androids are haram, but an unwelcome android spy has saved his life and helped prevent a coup. Rather than have the android destroyed as his ministers d...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A "Parking" at Lagrange 4 or 5?

During a space cold war, a ship from the ideological enemy is not allowed remain in orbit while some of their investigators visit a crash site. The reason why is narrative "“ to separate the char...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Can a planet's artificial ring always face the sun?

A habitat/space harbor ring encircles an ice giant crossing both poles (polar orbit) and rotating to create artificial gravity. Can the ring also precess in synchronization with the planet's year,...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by wetcircuit‭

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Q&A Why is dwarfism considered an advantage for jobs in space?

First, a clarification: Dwarfism is the umbrella term for 200+ medical conditions that result in short stature. Since this is Worldbuilding, my question refers to human beings with genetic dwarfis...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by wetcircuit‭