Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Assume that Uranium is vastly available, as are the building materials. Can you build this device? The fuel tank stores uranium at a high temperature so that it remains liquid. The fuel injector/s...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Assuming a fairly earth-like planet, perhaps, higher in minerals and resources. And a race of highly industrious, highly cooperative, very enginuitive people. Their science is comparable to our own...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Assuming fission thrusters as described here: Would a nuclear fission thruster with continuous fuel injection be possible?, and assuming drilling for the planet's molten mettle core as discussed he...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Suppose an alternate reality where each human Society (country, clan, tribe, kingdom, or whatever) only give birth to one male per generation. That entire generation depend solely on that one male ...

10 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Continuing my line of thought from here: Could you cool the earth's mantle and then bore into it? You cannot bore into the mantle by cooling it as you go because the pressure would crush your littl...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

In the game "Stelaris" torpedoes and missiles are different categories of weapon. Presumably they wanted to include numerous kinds of weapons for the player to chose from. These weapons are all lau...

28 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Tau Ceti e is possibly a good candidate for colonisation as it has a yellow dwarf sun like earth. But it's mass is estimated as >4.30 ± 2.1 of earth. (See Wiki) I remember from a documentary th...

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Supposing you are trying to colonise planet that has no life what-so-ever but is otherwise an earth analogue. First thing that I realised is that there would be no oil. So they would need to make ...

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Modern cities are built from concrete with steel rebar because it is abundantly available and provides enough tensile strength. Concrete requires cement. Cement is made from limestone. Limestone is...

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I find time dilation confusing so I'm not sure if it is a relevant factor. Lets say you have a spaceship. There's no such thing as faster than light travel, but you do have inertial dampener techn...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

Anchor one end of the cable to the side of the moon that faces the earth. Drop the other end of the cable to earth so that it drags along the ground. The earth's gravity and friction contributes a ...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭