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Posts by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Consequences of hitting a Pluto-like planet with a highly luminiferous meteorite?

While the intended end state is that this planet can support space-faring lifeforms, the solution under question needs a sanity check. I cannot commit to many numbers with how speculative this all ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A How best to use wormholes for spaceflight?

The goal is to get from Earth to the Outer Solar System, preferably the Kuiper Belt, as quickly as practical, with a crew of about 12, and a not-set-in-stone dry mass around 30 tons. The character...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Launching a spaceship with a portal-based engine?

I previously asked how best to use wormholes for spaceflight, focusing mainly on propulsion in space. I'm now wondering if there's a good way to get off Earth with this ship. The ship needs to be ...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Telekinetic Vacuum Balloons?

Generally, when someone uses telekinesis to fly, it's either by riding an object that can be levitated, or by applying the power to their body. Would there be any advantages to alternative techniqu...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Can an Io-like world exist in such conditions to allow this character to fly?

This character has a set of dragonfly-like wings. These are not normal for her species, and would normally be something of a birth defect requiring amputation. But through liberal application of Cl...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Navigating in a Subsurface Ocean

Based on the planet from this question. The main thing that distinguishes this planet from, say, Europa, is the handwavium light-source, which I must assume is wrapped in a perpetual explosion wrap...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by CAE Jones‭