Activity for MedwedianPresident2
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Why and how would a caste system on a space station/colony develop? I want to have a strict and complicated caste system in my future space society (on a planet or a large space station). What would be the reasons and how would the system develop? Possible reasons/processes of caste formation: Military rank system; ranks will become hereditary. Civilians may becom... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Farming in Space: SHEEP I have got a big rotating space station (radius is 5 km and length is 30 km) which provides its occupants the luxury of full terran gravity and atmosphere. The biggest part of the cylinder's inner surface is covered by forest (which provides us with oxygen), small lakes, fields and farmland. Now, I h... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Most effective method to preserve an injured human? Let's assume that Captain Bob Tiberius Kirk has been injured in a space battle. The universe does not have FTL travel, and the nearest hospital where Bob can be treated is 5 years of space voyage away. If he is not treated within one week, he dies. I need a way to preserve Bob. Hard SF, so no stasis... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Can humans be trained to live in extremely low pressure? Let's say that I want to colonize a planet which is basically like mars but has got an atmosphere which still has extremely low pressure but consists mainly of oxygen. The temperatures are more or less comfortable, ranging from -10C to +20C. The surface pressure is 6-7% of that on earth, with water b... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Liquid-filled habitats on high-G planets and on ships that accelerate quickly So I want to send a ship to Alpha Centauri very quickly - by this, I mean less than 5 years. This means that the ship will have to accelerate at 50-100 $g$ or even more. But we don't want to turn our astronauts into pancakes, right? Is spending long time periods in perfluorocarbons saturated with ox... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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What is the most effective way to brake from interstellar speeds? In my story, I have a slower-than-light starship (traveling at 0.6 $c$) going to Alpha Centauri A. There are several planets around the star. The target planet is a terrestrial, habitable world orbiting at 1.2 AU (since Alpha Centauri is slightly bigger than the Sun) and a gas giant 3 times the size ... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |