Kromey‭

The power requirements are going to be highly variable. Just think about today's electronics -- you could put a set of AA batteries into your TV remote and have it work for years, but an identical ...

posted 12y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by Kromey‭

So last year I started writing a post-apocalyptic story, and then realized I had no idea what the world was really like, and quite a few things just didn't seem to make sense. One of the biggest t...

9 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Kromey‭

According to this answer to what the moon is made of, the moon's crust is, among other things, 43% oxygen. Assuming we were to go back to the moon within the next couple of years with the goal of ...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by Kromey‭

As I'm sure you're all aware, human beings at some point in their lives -- generally post-puberty or so -- stop growing. As a result, there's some easily-predictable measures, such as the average h...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by Kromey‭

Let's assume we have an otherwise Earth-like planet orbiting a star just like our own. Our planet has an axial tilt of 0 degrees, meaning its axis is perpendicular to its orbital plane. Could this...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Kromey‭

In this question, it's pointed out that the L3 Lagrange point, where a "true" Counter-Earth would lie, is in fact unstable, and over time any object there would drift into a different orbit. Obvio...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kromey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Kromey‭