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Ya know, I tend to look at the logical application of any scifi technology in practice, and the results often surprise me, because it can be used in novel ways the source material does not use it. For example if a deflector shield worked in that manner, by spreading mass around and off to the sides away from it, then why not modify it for air flight? Seems to me that if you can deflect air behind you fast enough then all done is turn your massive shield bubble into a massive air propeller for flight. Am I right or did I just fail in my understanding of air flight physics for the upteenth time lol? If this works it will stall past a certain high altitude, but that's not really a problem since that is what rockets and external pulse propulsion drives are for as alternatives when air is thin or non-existent.

Elephants on average run faster than we do though lol. You would not want to get chased by an elephant, since at my best I was doing 12 mph and elephants can reach 15 mph I read. Running on the toes helps in that regard since for an elephant they can easily go into sprint mode, much how human runners bolt off on their toes at the start of a race. I guess push ups on the ground would be impossible or so awkward they would nit bother, since unlike us their feet would not bend like ours... or would it. Do elephant feet bend? Oops! They can! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080822083211.htm

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiLtN2-2quLAxUhJkQIHSVAOIkQFnoECC8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fpics%2Fcomments%2F9wpp3g%2Felephant_foot_compared_with_human_foot%2F&usg=AOvVaw2Jzb8E20xOkMHA7LalakiT&opi=89978449 Amazingly, the bones look much like our own, just the outside is different. If a humanoid has elephant feet could they do all the same movements we do? Keep in mind they would be walking on their toes all the time as their feet bones would be tilted so only the toe bones were hitting the ground and the rest is just sole padding. Thoughts?

What? Are you saying you NEVER saw the full Babylon 5 series before? If so you really are in for a treat. It in my opinion is better than DS9 and Star Gate and all Star Trek shows after the original combined. Unlike Trek, the show does NOT pull it's punches. Consequences matter, and the effects follow characters afterward.

DC comic universe literally has had government sponsored and and created superheroes (and I don't mean justice league) made specifically to counter hero teams, and worse yet they have been known to go rogue. A nuclear powered car crashing would be mild compared to the latest superhero versus villain or superpowered goverment agent fight in the city (some are kryptonian level powerful). This happened quite a bit during the New Krypton story arc which was a massive crossover of multiple comicbooks and characters interconnected. Was like a nice ode to the DC universe of that era.

My headcanon says he uses two nuclear reactors for an electric engine lol. With some convential fuel to burn for extra speed.

Yep... Star Trek taught me wrong. Just cause a warp core can power everything does not mean a super duper nuclear rocket also can efficiently.

The way you put it so politely and nonchalantly even though I know you are being deadly serious as the moderator made me want to laugh. Why oh why do so many of my threads tend to get locked EVEN when I never intend from them to touch sensitive issues it almost always goes there lol? And I am not referring to the several times when I actually did broach sensitive issues when I should not have... thanks for putting up with me by the way : )

How do you keep the plate from going KA-BOOM?

So no advangtages of power generation over other methods? I was thinking it might produce power at a faster rate for a given period of time than other methods minus energy lost to heat that is not converted to power production somehow.

An easy way is to use the exhaust to push turbines and shelter the powerplant with enough mass to contain the radiation. Meanwhile a steady stream of uranium salts and water is pumped into the facility until you wish to pause it Or are nuclear reactors already better for power generation? Does using NSWR technology modified as a powerplant on Earth offer any advangtages over nuclear reactors, coal, and oil/gasoline as a power source. There are likely better ways to modify NSWR technology to be a powerplant, but I am counting on the forum to reveal that. Thoughts? Thanks.

An easy way is to use the exhaust to push turbines and shelter the powerplant with enough mass to contain the radiation. Meanwhile a steady stream of uranium salts and water is pumped into the facility until you wish to pause it Or are nuclear reactors already better for power generation? Does using NSWR technology modified as a powerplant on Earth offer any advangtages over nuclear reactors, coal, and oil/gasoline as a power source. There are likely better ways to modify NSWR technology to be a powerplant, but I am counting on the forum to reveal that. Thoughts? Thanks. Ooops I meant to put in science forum.

According to google AI: AI Overview +2 Does the sun rotate clockwise? Science of solar rotation | Space No, the Sun does not rotate clockwise; it rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the North Pole, meaning it spins from west to east, like most other planets in our solar system. Explanation: This counterclockwise rotation is a result of the initial spinning motion of the gas and dust cloud that formed our solar system. Key points about the Sun's rotation: Direction: Counterclockwise Reason for this direction: Conservation of angular momentum from the collapsing gas cloud that formed the solar system. Me: Basically it's the whole action/reaction thing happening. Cause and effect.

That's true, but I guess what I am saying is the modern offerings are inferior to the past because characters act so. .. well less Star Trek like? Unprofessional? Immature? It's ike they took Gene Roddenberry's utopia dream and said "Nah man... that's not dramatic or grungy like the future we want." Star Trek was not Disney's Marvel or Star Wars.. it was more... intellectual among other things besides being allegorical. Today's trek is often shallow or just on the nose.

I had no idea Harlan Eliison helped inspire B5, which is truly the greatest space opera series I had ever watched. As for my suspension of disbelief, that really is not a problem for me... I just have fun analyzing and learning what happens when brutal real physics collide with fiction and more often than not it seems, real physics wins out. I also agree current Trek is mostly... dreck. Although a parody, I have heard that even Lower Decks is at leaat closer to classic Star Trek than the abominations that shall not be named full of gore, crying, and political pandering. But beyond that I also entertainment at large is at risk of lower quality im the future because the bew generation is the stuck on their phone use AI generation. Some will rise above and prosper as usual, but it will be all too easy for the rest to wallow and promote flashy content that caters to polarizing views.