TitaniumTurtle‭

I am writing a sci-fi novel in which humanity has colonized a majority of the solar system, and a few minor colonies on nearby stars. Although calculating mass and gravity on individual planets and...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

I'm working on a passage of my SciFi novel where my current primary character is escaping from a highly secure, enemy military, space station. I would like him to cause some sort of catastrophe to ...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

This is a bit hard for me to put into to words, but it is an idea I have been working on for a few days, with input from a few other people. I have actually brought up part of this in a previous qu...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

So I have been doing a lot of reading on space elevators/tethers for a SciFi book I am writing and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info on building one on Mars rather than Ear...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

In the relatively realistic (hopefully), near future, scifi book I am writing I am at a point where I am describing the observation deck of a large ship belonging to a wealthy "business man" (see s...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

Is it possible to calculate/estimate the size of a star's heliosphere? If so, how? I am working on a semi-near future, sci-fi novel. As part of the technology base, humans are able to travel betwe...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

READ EDITS I am writing a passage about the main character of my book travelling up a space elevator to the spaceport that rests in geostationary orbit above Mars. This means that the elevator wou...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

This is an idea for a space station on the surface of Eris (but could work on other celestial bodies), using rotating rings to simulate gravity. The idea is that these rings would sit horizontally ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

This is a follow up to a previous question that I thought should be a new question instead of just discussing in the comments of that one. This is an idea for a space station on the surface of ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

This is something that was just offhandedly mentioned in a Sci-Fi book I read once and as I am now writing one myself I thought I might use it. The scenario is that I have a ship approaching a wa...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

I am writing a sci fi novel in which one of the primary factions is a lost space colony sent to Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C) roughly 350 years prior on a generation ship. The trip took rough...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

I have been working on a sci-fi story for a little while now, and have recently discovered that I made a very big error in assuming the position of Eris. The main issue is that I had forgotten to t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

What sort of force would a railgun need to produce to have a measurable affect on the trajectory of a large spacecraft? In the scifi book I am working on the primary craft of the story is a milita...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

Currently writing a scifi novel and am trying to do the math to establish time frame of the lore. The main points are that in 2068 CE Earth sent a generation ship to colonize Proxima Centauri. They...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭