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  1. I got hit by a parked car.

    You know, people say texting and driving is dangerous, but nobody talks about texting and walking!

    1. NSEP

      NSEP

      Well, here in the Netherlands, texting while bicycling is a thing too. Lol.

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      You just gave me the mental image of someone who tried doing stunts with a bike, but ending up faceplanting instead :D

    3. NSEP

      NSEP

      But suprise! That does not happend here in The Netherlands, the Dutch are still pro-skill bicyclists.

  2. I wrote a sci-fi short story about the TRAPPIST-1 system :)

    1. NSEP

      NSEP

      Nice! Thats awesome dude/dudette!

    2. Spaceception
    3. NSEP
  3. Just got back from Johnson Space Center :D I got to walk inside of the Independence replica.

    1. NSEP

      NSEP

      Woah, nice. You live in the US?

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Yeah, my dad had to go to Houston for work (No, not NASA), and we went to Johnson. We actually live in Atlanta.

    3. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      I also got a shirt that says 'Come to the dork side, we have π'

  4. So, as some of you know, I'm working on a website, it stills needs a lot of work, but how is it so far?

     

    1. cratercracker

      cratercracker

      Looks very nice!

    2. NSEP

      NSEP

      Nice! Will check it out when finished/released.

    3. Nailed it!

      Nailed it!

      Cool! You should add the gas planet from TCBW or the human ship Infinitum, just to make it nicer.

      Just an idea :wink:

  5. Well... I accidentally marked the sci space forums as read.

    Did not want to do that 

    1. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      I did that by accident a few months back. Not very happy about it.

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Does stuff mark as unread with new posts?

    3. TotallyNotHuman

      TotallyNotHuman

      Yup, I think so.

  6. Hey, so, future summer project, I'm thinking about starting a small blog on my website, nothing much, 1-2 posts a month, and I was wondering what topics I should cover in relation to advanced technology, and (Mainly) space travel.

    For one thing, I'd like to talk about why Nuclear energy isn't that bad, and another post about an old project about future spaceflight, think Orion or Daedalus, and what it would've looked like if we went ahead with it, and what changes would've needed to be made to said projects for it to work.

    1. cratercracker

      cratercracker

      Maybe solar lifting? (gazering energy from parent star)

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Good idea, since we don't really know how to put that into practice, it could be a series where I look at crazy megastructure ideas :)

    3. NSEP

      NSEP

      Awesome, im exited for it.

  7. Infinitum update.

     

    IT'S ALMOST DONE!!!!

    1. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Like, less than a couple thousand words to go, almost done, then I'll wait a few weeks without touching it to edit it for publication :D

    2. Cabbink

      Cabbink

      What is the "infinitum update"?

    3. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      It's a sci-fi novel I've been working on since January. Right now, it's around 81k words long, and hopefully, I can get it published :) 

  8. Hey everyone!

    So.............. writing.

    I have some pretty good ideas for Infinitum, I think you'll like them :) And I think the storyline will be infinitely better honestly. I'll release a brief overview of the plot on the main thread before Christmas.

    My friend and I are busy with our Urban/Science fantasy novel Nathan Frost Exousia Project.
    And lemme tell you, it's probably the coolest thing I've ever worked on, Harry Potter? Heh, we're gonna blow it out of the water.

     

    I really really want to finish Infinitum and The Children Between Worlds, so I'll probably be doing those simultaneously while my friend and I are planning it out.

    But, er, I'm starting Calculus soon. Any tips please? I really suck at math :( Once it clicks, it's great! But it takes so. long. to get to that point. :/
    I don't need a step by step guide, just important rules, general stuff, and things to remember, etc

    1. LordOfMinecraft99

      LordOfMinecraft99

      I love math sooooo much. My simple rules are just treat it like a puzzle. It makes it infinitly more enjoyable.

       

      Oh, have you read Artemis, the new Andy Weir book? What did you think?

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Oh, no. But I want to soo bad. How is it?

    3. LordOfMinecraft99

      LordOfMinecraft99

      The book is pretty good but not as good as The Martian. There were a couple of loose ends and charecter development is not as good.

  9. The new infinity war trailer has me shook

    1. Piatzin

      Piatzin

      Image result for panic gif
      Excitement Overload
    2. Atlas2342

      Atlas2342

      Haven’t seen Black Panther yet. :(

    3. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      It's really good. Spotty CGI in some places admittedly, but still much better than Justice league's CGI. The story is great, soundtrack is really unique, and Wakanda is amazing.

  10. It's embarrassing to say this, but I haven't read Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy yet. On the plus side, I just got it today, so that will change :)

    1. The Minmus Derp
    2. Piatzin

      Piatzin

      I haven't read it yet either.

      And I'm 17...  :P

    3. The Minmus Derp
  11. When did you change your profile picture?

     

    It's awesome!

    1. Moose Rocket Science

      Moose Rocket Science

      so you did not plagiarized my logo. 

    2. SpaceplaneAddict

      SpaceplaneAddict

      Ahem, I think you were mistaken. I kinda had it a while before you, and seeing that there were three people with the Duna faker avatar, I decided I wanted to stay ORIGINAL, unlike either of you.

  12. Remember "The whole "blowing up in atmosphere" is clearly caused by going too fast, too low. Some people would suggest madness like throttling down or "less boosters", when clearly the solution is more payload."

    That was SAI Peregrinus :)

    1. Endersmens

      Endersmens

      Thank you so much! 

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Yep :)

      It was a quick google search, all I did was google the quote, and it led me to the thread.

  13. Do you want to be added to "The Children Between Worlds" PM?

    1. TotallyNotHuman

      TotallyNotHuman

      Yes please! I'm in school though, (blegh!) so I may not be very active. I'll try my best to help out.

    2. Spaceception
  14. If you want, could you see how many light years apart are Proxima and GJ 876 in Space Engine for my novel?

  15. I've been thinking more about one of my future books since I can't write much at the moment (No laptop all the time :P) and I think 'The Voyage through time' will be a dark, dystopian sci-fi novel, possibly a thriller, and likely 2-3 parts.

    Update for TCBW: I've been thinking about the future books, and it'll probably be 3 parts, not 4.

    1. electricpants

      electricpants

      What about chapter 3?

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Still being edited, dunno what the others are up to.

  16. Kyle Hill liked a tweet I gave him, so we may get a hyperspace drive video!

     

    1. The Raging Sandwich

      The Raging Sandwich

      Might I ask, who's Kyle Hill?

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      He does Nerdist's Because Science video, and is the new host of Mythbusters.

  17. So... Question for people who know this much better than me (I just need to know semi-possible it is, this is for a sci-fi novel, but if it's unrealistic on the scale of having Napoleon nuking India and calling it historical fiction than tell me, and I won't put it on paper :))

    So, here's a thought I had last night after reading part of Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Conversation laws of physics are local in nature, so you can't have 100 kg disappear on one end of a Wormhole, and have 100 kg appear on the other end. So the Wormhole you entered just gained 100 kg, and the one you exited just lost 100 kg, and the person who raised this issue, Matt Visser asked, what happens when one end loses so much mass, it becomes negative?

    Here's what I thought of, it becomes unstable, and collapses in on itself, becoming a black hole, releasing a huge amount of energy, and sterilizing the system. And the second wormhole (Because it's connected to the other end) gets pulled into hyperspace, colliding into the newly formed black hole, causing it to release a huge amount of energy (Again) and creating a quasar.

    1. WinkAllKerb''

      WinkAllKerb''

      i will just say "hehe" & "hehe hehe" bis ^^

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      I think I have a solution for this, it won't become a black hole, but it will explode, and pull the other gate through Hyperspace, and the colony around that star becomes independent from being separated from the home system.

  18. I'm trying something new for my novels, by putting the first 300 words of the next chapter up for Infinitum and TCBW, both are up now :)

    1. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Also, over 100 replies for TCBW thread!

    2. NSEP

      NSEP

      Don't have much to say, but i will check it out. And i ran out of likes so... [insert like here]

  19. I've finished almost 1k words on C5 of Infinitum. :D

    1. legoclone09

      legoclone09

      And I'm 15 words and procrastinating on my entry for the KSP contest right now.

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Well, good luck with the contest, are you listening to music? It helps me concentrate. :)

  20. I've surpassed 15k words on Infinitum! with about 1.5k words on the 5th chapter :D

    It went a bit slower than the other chapters, but it's about to pick up pace again.

     

    Also, this is for much later, but do you guys have any tips for when I do the 2nd, 3rd draft, etc?

    Also, also, do you guys have any download links for offline writing docs? Similar to word, so I can write without internet.

    1. TotallyNotHuman

      TotallyNotHuman

      IIRC, if you upload your doc to OneDrive, go offline, and continue editing, it'll save an offline copy and sync with the server-side document once you reconnect. Works on my iPad, but I haven't tested it with PC (due to my current state of not having a laptop).

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      @TotallyNotHuman_ Ok, I'll try it, but the site isn't working right now.

       

      In other news, I've surpassed 2k words on the chapter, now we're getting to the good stuff :D

  21. Chapter 5 of TCBW is up! Personally, it's my favorite chapter so far, stuff is getting good :)

    1. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      OH! And I almost forgot, I've also finished ~500 words on Chapter 7, (That's taking forever, but it's getting there) and I'm just 4k words from the 40k word count mark!

    2. adsii1970

      adsii1970

      Congrats! I know it is a good feeling to get a chapter done.

  22. The Voyage Through Time has been (IDK, temporarily) renamed The Time Sleeper:

    In the year 2051, a brilliant physicist and engineer builds a Cyropod that allows him to stay in stasis for a hundred years without aging. After boosting into orbit, he steps inside, and locks himself away for a century, where he wakes up in 2152.
    Expecting fame and glory when he wakes, he is shocked to find out humanity has nearly wiped itself out. Desperate for supplies, he lands on the surface, and finds himself a prized slave to ruthless dictators who are willing to kill anyone without remorse.
    With no way of traveling in the past, and the remnants of humanity on the edge of another war, which could wipe them out for good, he must rise a rebellion against them.
    Or risk nuclear annihilation.

     

    1. NSEP

      NSEP

      Why did you have to rename it?

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      Because he's not exactly traveling to the future, he's just sleeping, for me, it didn't fit.

  23. So, I think I'm going to make TCBW a quadiligy instead of a trilogy, to tie up loose ends between the second and third novels.

    1. electricpants

      electricpants

      I think it would still be a trilogy, since as far as I know, a trilogy is just a set of books, movies, games, etc.

    2. Spaceception

      Spaceception

      A Trilogy is three books, and a Quadilogy is four.

    1. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      About time some news site actually reported the findings. They were published back in December. Still, really exciting!

      Edit: Okay, apparently GJ 1132b is now 1.4 Earth radii. That gives it a density of just 3.215 g/cm^3, so I guess the Hot Oceania hypothesis works out better now.

    2. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      Wait...maybe the 1.4 Earth radii is a typo. That would mean this world could be a Hot Terra!

  24. Today was supposed to be a good day, full of Star Wars memes and jokes but politics ruined it.

    Seriously, why didn't they just improve on what they had instead of replacing it with crap?

    Not naming names or anything, this is just, ugh.

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