Activity for Snydwellâ€
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What minerals that are more durable than calcium would be suitable for bones? Edit: I am asking in the context of alien life, should have specifyed that to begin with. I have many ideas for fantasy/sci fi races, and one that I kept coming back to is a species with bones that are based on an element other than calcium. Is this possible and what would a good element be? (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Square thrusters on spaceships My question is pretty basic, would square thrusters and RCS ports have any real drawbacks over round ones? I know that angles on windows for airplanes is a problem because of the pressure, so I don't know if the pressure of a thruster would have the same problems. I ask this because I am hoping to i... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Artificial gravity as an engine I have seen some people talk about the idea of ships using their magical anti-gravity systems in a story in order to not only give ships a standard floor layout and inertial dampener systems, but to also propel the ship forward through space. As much as this works for ideas like mass relays from mas... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |