Activity for cypher‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Shooting through the earth Due to reasons of magic an alien god that is about to takeover the earth in one year and can only be stopped by being shot through the entire earth. Assuming modern day Earth (no magic other then that protecting said alien god from all other forms of damage) and having the entire arsenal of mankind ... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Why will we fail creating a self sustaining off world colony? There have been many (many) questions around here about the how, why & even when will man kind become a multi planet society... this is not one of them. This question in fact goes the other way around, why would humanity fail to become a multi planet society? Assume for a minute that all of humanit... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Electricity free spaceship Assume there's a spaceship in earth orbit that its crew of 24 want to get to Mars, the crew are all humans and possess all of modern day knowledge and equipment, is it possible for said ship to make the (one way journey) without any electricity while the crew get there alive? Think something like sp... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	My perfect evil overlord plan... or is it? Me You might call me evil but the facts are I deserve to rule all of the world, everyone & everything in it. What I already have done For years I have worked in the shadows (as much as you can call owning one of the largest corporations in the world as "shadows") & now have a network of 1024 fully... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Can a human born & raised in zero gee survive on a earth like planet for a short while I've been toying with an idea of a epic space fantasy where a certain area of the milky way is controlled by decedents of humanity that are born, live & die in spaceships, said "ngees" as the "dirt siders" humans like to call them have spent so long living in space that unlike the spaceships of the d... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	The weird case of the unresponsive Earth - why does the Earth stop communicating with Mars? Mars has been colonized, close to a million people are now living above (and below) the martian soil, every few months a ship from Earth arrives with more resource for expansion and more settlers, currently the travel is one way until the martian space elevator will be completed in the near future. ... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Big moon, small planet - can an earth sized moon orbit a moon sized planet? I know that objects with lower mass tends to orbit objects with higher mass, is it possible to have a Moon sized planet who's mass is so heavy that an Earth sized planet orbit it as it's Moon in a stable orbit? The Moon sized planet has to be an actual planet, not a black hole or some other singula... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Self-sustaining Mars colonization Background A 100 years in the future Mars has been colonized, new settlers and resources arrive from earth every 26 months (when the planetary orbit lines up best) by first taking the space elevator to Earth orbit then using a large one way ship to get to Mars, the ship designed to be one way, landi... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Making airships\blimps\dirigibles the dominant form of air transport While similar to other questions they mostly focused on what impacts required in the past to keep airships as a popular air transport method today, this question is about how to make airships the dominant method air transport method ASAP. What I want to know is what changes can a single man make to ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Self defense on Mars Here's the situation: Mars has been colonized in the near future "“ tens or hundreds of thousands of people live on Mars. For political reasons, EarthGov is against sending weapons to Mars; and, they made it clear that if any resource they do send will be used to make weapons, then they will cut al... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago