Activity for Raznarok‭

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Question	—	Can a human colony survive on a 'hot' world? A colony ship headed for its new home countless light-years from Earth suffers an unfortunate malfunction on the final part of its descent phase and crashes onto the planet. Thankfully, the ship crashes near its intended landing zone which is ideal in terms of fresh water/arable land. The ship impact... (more)	—	almost 5 years ago
Question	—	What materials would be useful in constructing a Space Station? For the obvious reason of weight, our modern space stations and satellites are made out of metal or lightweight compounds to reduce cost. In a quick Google search, about $20,000 per kg is the cost, to be exact. This limitation greatly influences the actual construction of stations. But what if the ma... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What would happen to the Moon if it was lowered onto the Earth? An absolute madman of a scientist tractors the Moon from it's orbit, and carefully lowers it through the Earth's atmosphere and gently brings it to rest upon the Earth's surface. There is no reentry, there is no impact. What happens? So we have two spherical 'planets' that are in contact with ea... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Is a supernova powerful to destroy the other star in a binary system? So, you have the big bad race, whose extermination method is basically to force stars to go supercritical via the power of handwavium. You can assume 1 solar mass for each, but you can change it if you like. The first scenario would be: Star A of the binary swells to red giant status, and then is... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What are the economic pros and cons of colonizing a low gravity world vs a high gravity one? This is the sister topic to this question: What are the military pros and cons of colonizing a low gravity world vs a high gravity one? The specific question being asked here is, what specific economic pros and cons are there between a high gravity world and a low gravity one? Longterm health effec... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What are the military pros and cons of a low gravity world vs a high gravity one? I've seen this question raised in several different bits of sci fi media. In games its often that low gravity = lower construction cost or some such. But I've begun to wonder, is it really that cut and dried? Obviously, high gravity has some applications. Defensively, it could make it annoying for en... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Space Travel with Volatile Memory For this question, let's say we have a space faring civilization. They are at least 100 years more advanced than us, and are drawing up plans to send colonists to a neighboring star. The catch is, non volatile computing memory is something that lies outside of their grasp - ie hard drives - and only... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago