Activity for Nick‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Is it possible to synthesize a nutritional food source completely from inorganic materials? I have a work-in-progress scenario where an interstellar generation/ark/cryogenic ship has reached its destination, but there are no habitable planets. There's no turning back, and so now the colonists have to try and eke out a living in space and/or airless planetoids. At least initially, there is n... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	What would it take to make a modern(ish) nuclear reactor release fallout? I'm trying (failing) to write a story set within the exclusion zone around a nuclear power plant incident set in the near future. The 'incident' that leads to the exclusion zone being set up isn't the story itself, but I want the 'how' to be plausible. Modern (generation 3 and onwards?) light-water ... (more)	—	about 9 years ago