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Just curious whether or not such could compete or be viable. Two staging is a given. I mean if catapult to orbit is considered we may as well consider crossbows as well! I think the main limit is material strength, and you would need a long and massive vacuum launch chamber to get the most thrust from the launch. Is this mechanically viable? Just scale it up and use strong materials? At least the bow string is resuable!

I just had an idea which like most I am skeptical how practical it is IRL, but in theory it could work. What you need: 1. Electromagnetic space cannon launch tubes... in orbit. 2. Spider silk webbing or it's equavalent in space with the same adhesive properties it has in atmosphere. A ring will hold a large net. 3. A pair of Project orion vessels serve as anchors for the web ring on it's flanks. When EM launch cannon launches anything and is pushed backward into the web, the web catches it and releases it's momentum back to what was before. The orion's cancel out the momentum of the web ring with bomb propulsion as needed Thus no orbit degradation for either. 4. Launch web rings to orbit planets via spacecraft. Then launch fusion fuel pellet packets to hit the webs, which release them and launch the toward a caravan of ramscoop spacecraft which will 'eat' and burn the pellets in pulses for fuel. Main question: Would a web that had all the properties of spider silk be up for the job? Or would we need something stronger? I read somewhere that a large web of a few hundred meters or so could stop a jet airliner in midair!

The fun irony is that I read that Jules Verne criticized HG Wells story about using an antigravity spaceship to reach the moon BECAUSE it was not realistic. I guess Jules Verne was a hard scifi kind of guy.... funny to think the more tech changes the more people stay the same. He would no doubt have loved to see Gerard Bull's space cannon launches... which they did about 200 of them or so. Probably would have been sneering at HG Wells the whole time though lol.

Now I wanna see orion pusher plate spaceships shot out of a cannon on a mountain! In KSP.. since that is safer? Are space suborbital cannons and spin launch a thing in KSP? Should be if not. Someone probably will shoot stuff directly into orbit LOL

Sad but true....

https://ancientsolarsystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/answers-for-authors-why-dont-giant-guns.html?m=1 Poor Gerard... if he were not assasinated Iraq could have had it's own space program... or long range suborbital cannon or missile launcher. Originally Gerard wanted Canada to have it's own space program via HARP, but that is not how matters worked out. Put Gerad, Zubrin, Elon, and Einstein in a room and who knows what they would come up with.... something awesome no? Cannon launched NSWR FTW!

Perhaps they are going about it wrong? Since the more moving parts you have in a closed system the more you increase the chance of systemic failure. The less the better. Problem is that Spin Launch relies on one big part working perfectly or else. An alternative: I think trying the same thing and shape with magnetic coils would be better. The building setup would look the same roughly.... just much larger.... using magnets to accelerate a rocket to the required launch velocity. Actually may work better since you have less stability issues than with catapult arm version. Scott the arm will have to deal with instability issues since the arm will weigh much less once it releases the rocket. With magnet coils lining the inner wall permeter of a giant standing disc launch facility, the stability problem is less of an issue.... because less moving parts are involved. The only moving or switching would be switching the alignment of SOME of the coils toward the exit tube before the last revolution of the rocket before launch. You trade instability of one huge moving part for smaller ones that weigh less and massive amounts of waste heat, which can be solved with generous amounts of coolant or putting your facility near a water source. It would be a massve drain on the electrical grid, but it would change space travel as we know it. Did I get this right? Expensive yes. Possible? I hope so. As Scott Manley said, power generation and spinning is a solved problem... instability is not. This is my attempt to solve the instability problem. What do you know on this?

Kind of... but klingon deaths of superiors are seldom accidental so... although the most honorable way is to challenge them to honorable combat. It all makes sense now. A warrior race with easy to blow up ships and warriors obsessed with dying in combat. I suppose their whole society would collapse if they tried to play it more... fair. Since too many warriors would survive to vie for top dog.

In my best british accent: "I do say the klingon political system is rigged!" No wonder why 'Klingon promotions' are a popular way of ranking up in their society. If you are an old trek fan you know what that is.

Yeah... I can see a klingon loving this... especially performed by a bunch of klingon females. Since even though to us they look kind of ugly... to a klingon male they are exactly their type they like.

Well the thing about Mozart is a made so much music it is profound, and much of it is easy on the ears to... which I cannot say boom boom Ludwig Van Beethoven. I have listened to mozart for over a decade and STILL find music of his I have never heard before that strikes me as quite good and profound. For example his wife said in his letters that she like Mozart's fugues. She likely meant for piano, and I thought so what? I had listened to all of his piano sonatas so how could anything he do top that? Free form without sonata style that's what. Mozart's fantasy and fugue for piano plays almost like a modern piano piece, and has some rather interesting surprises. And that's after over a decade of listening to the man. His stuff never gets old! It's truly immortal music. I do not tire of listening to Mozart like I do Beethoven... because Mozart is so unpredictable with his intricacies. He does not simply lay theme upon theme, even though he tends to do that in his symphonies, he really mixed it up with intricate notes elsewhere. Yes I love Mozart's music and hold it in higher regard than any other composer. Other composers have musical gems. But mozart is like you just hit a treasure trove stash... the more you look the more you will find. I know some great resources online so ask if you want to hear or load up on Mozart freely.

By that measure then all the greeks and romans would envy Mozart. Since though he died you can still sense his personality through his music. One of his more colorful pieces that shows this is called A Musical Joke, though Mozatt originally name it A Little Musical Fun. No other composer I know of that made music that mocked his genre... or those that could not play instruments well@ If mozart came back rom the dead someone full-time would have to be assigned to keep his ego in check, since he is revered to the present day by those that know him... through his music. Also I am sure Wolfgang would try to cash in on all of his stuff we can get for free nowadays lol.

Although the problem with that is Gowron is a notoriously crafty politician. The more land and honor your family gets, the more Gowron will start eyeing you with suspicion to off you somehow in the worst case scenario, or in a best case scenario as a possible successor. So glory and honor is good for a klingon. But too much honor and you will either be dealt summarily with or you must wait till the powers that be die, or defeat them yourself. So if don't want your status quo changed dramatically you limit how much glory you receive. Cause too much will get you either killed or promoted to Chancellor! For a klingon, life is a competition, not a journey, though the old ones tend to be more chill.

TNG and DS9 barely scratched the surface of this subject. If a Klingon is successful in battle, it would seem that they are rewarded with bloodwine (likely best grade and not the cheap stuff) and Gowron declaring in his memetic way: But what else? I mean I know I would want more than that as a klingon! Give me something as a reward! What do they get? Land? Money? Concubines? What. Do. They. Get? As amusing as Gowron's big eyes are.... yeah... if I risked my life in battle I would expect reasonable compensation, and Gowron's line won't cut it if there is no reward behind it.

All my life I was unaware of this, although I had suspicions. Clothing can be toxic: Common man-made fibers such as polyester and acrylic are basically toxic. Polyester is a plastic derived fiber if I read correctly, and acrylic is a petroleum derived fiber. They are good heat insulators, but they also release fumes that are known toxins. Mild symptoms can be lethargy or headaches. The hotter they become, the more likely fumes are released. From what I read, they release known mutagen chemicals... in other words cancerous ones. I am not trying to scare you or telling you to throw out all your synthetic fiber clothing. But caution is advised and I hardly recommend wearing synthetic manmade fibers regularly unless you have no other choice and have to. Natural fibers are safer, but are also easier to tear, shrink, and wrinkle, and often more expensive. All manmade fibers I read about had known toxins, such as rayon, nylon, and likely others I forget the names of. Knowledge gives power. Ignorance deprives one of power. The other really annoying thing about acrylic is that it traps odor.... even after washing. Sure I could vinegar it overnight, but given all the toxins it has? I think not. I will just get rid of it.

I thought the strength ratio of muscles decreased with weight? Weight increases faster than strength? Anyway sounds like modding the humanoid shape can be done only in a very limited way without overhauling it entirely into something else. Like you change the inner organs a bit, but not much else. Examples: Take your lungs and increase the air sacs (avevoli or spelled close) and also increase you body's blood's ability to transfer oxygen. Now you can hold your breath under water for several minutes without breaking a sweat. That's hpw dolphins do it.

Movement as quick as a normal human. Physics indicates such a person would be better off being larger in size, to compensate for heat managment and density issues that make swimming really difficult if not impossible. Still... going with the classic superhero who looks human instead and is no larger, physics indicates that 10x the strength and nearly as much heavier comes with a price. Only swim in shallow pools and avoid the heat. Seek out cold climates. Hopefully their homeworld is like Hoth or something.

Scenario: Humanoids the same size of humans with skeletons 10x heavier than humans, yet strong enough that they act as if they weighed only 1x like a normal human. The average adult human skeleton is 20.5 kilograms, so 10× that is over 200 kilograms of skeleton. How much stronger would they be? 10x more than a normal human? How much stronger than a normal human would they have to be to walk around with a 200 kg skeleton as if it were only only 20.5 kg. That brings their body full weight to... likely close to a ton! Wow. The bones would have to be really strong not to crush under the super strong muscles. Body heat would be a problem, so I would expect them getting a fever anytime they used their super strength. Which means a colder climate would be preferred for any superheroic feats, but a hot day they would either need a cooling suit or just save it for swimming only. Actually swimming may tire a person weighing about a ton fast, since even with 10x human strength they would be more inclined to sink like a stone since they would be so dense. Could such a person even swim at all witj only human speed reaction times? Or would they just sink like a stone and drown? Who knew? Drowning and overheating would be the greatest weakness of a humanoid no larger than a normal human but 10x stronger due to stronger and likely denser and heavier muscles, and with 200 kg skeleton.

Yeah I agree with Lisias because: 1. If we can all agree that as a scifi spaceship capable of 1g will have the same effect as 1g from an earth world, then we can slso agree that a 1000 or more gees has the same effect as a 1000g planet... as much hyperbole as that is. Basically acceleration tends to compress and crunch.... well.... everything it effects. Astronauts in spacd orbit get taller due to no significant gravity strong enough to compress them. You take 1000g or more and we are talking more crushing force multiplied. To survive it less compressible objects would have to be used. I dunno, shoot a bunch of massive shards of ice into orbit and intercept it with orbital vessels to use as fuel before the ice completes it's fatslistic orbit to hit the earth from where it launched? Seems like other than shooting ice for orbital capture, about the best these earth to orbit cannons are for is killing satelites and weak maneuvering orbital spacecraft.

Ouch... so once again, it is a lot harder than it seems. If we attempted to say.... use an uber nuke cannon to launch the second stage of starship into space, where it will stabilize it's own orbit... that may work... but it would involve a far more durable and more expensive version. Lighter weight increases high g-force survivability, but that is kind of the antithesis of the whole point of nuclear cannon launch. When it comes to g-force you are only as strong as your weakest link. For example, I guarantee you high g-force will always crush your organs before your bones. Since bonee are more durable. If one launched an unmanned starship second stage via nuclear cannon, all of it would have to be g-force hardened, down to the most delicate components. A vessel is only as strong as it's weakest link. If that breaks you may as well say goodbye to the rest of it since it will cause a multitude of problems down the line. It is like a small crack that spreads exponentially.

The idea is to make an underground shaft and detonate a shaped charged nuke into a pusher plate spacecraft equipped with nonmanned payload. Once in space the ship jettisons the pusher plate assembly, and flips over to boost to orbit or wherever with rocketry. The heavier the better... up to a point. Ship must be heavy enough to survive ablation, but light enough to boost off a single nuke into outer space. Pros: One detonation... not multiple as with project Orion. Large mass can indeed survive as air thins out the higher you go. Bonus advanced version: Mega nuke cannon boost to orbit, no rocket booster required to stabilize orbit? Anyone dare to calculate the feasibilty of either concept? In my opinion both are, and easier than project orion. You just send up crew via normal rockets, but the entire ship they will stay in is boosted into into orbit with the nuke cannon. What do you think? Less fallout? Yep. Controlled detonation? Yep. Better for safety than project orion with massive payload to orbit? Yes.

He is skinny. Has a bit of a belly pounch bit skinny all elsewhere.

I am just curious, and I think it impolite to just walk up to him like a child and ask him what is his affliction. So I ask the forums. So I have a coworker who I notice tends to scratch his back often (daily). His cheeks have many pits in them, and reddish swollen acne on his cheeks is not unusual. It's either gone, with only the pits remaining, or there is a bit of noticable swelling acne among his pitted cheeks. When talking to coworkers, if there is a metal railing shelf nearby, (there are plenty in the warehouse) I notice he will lean his back against them and roll it side to side, as if scratching an itch. I can say honestly that unless he is super busy, without fail I will see him scratch his back at some point if I cross paths with him or he needs my help at work. So what do his symptoms indicate he has? Is it like eczema on steroids? Or something else?

I am younger than you think, likely younger than you (not hit my 40's yet). I only say that because based on what you have typed up till now, and the stuff you recollect and the little you have said about yourself, there is no way you are a youngster. Yet that is a worst case scenario for brushing teeth... provided they did not do it prior to needing the artificial ones.

Haha.... perhaps my mouth is more sensitive due to gum recession I dunno. On your romance advice yeah... I think that fits what I remarked earlier about how what you want both can and will change with time... and that includes the kind of person you would feel would be perfect for you. Example? Say you are 25 and looking for that special someone. Say you are 55 and looking for that special someone. I reckon there is a very good possibility neither age would be looking for exactly the same kind of person. Why? Not only does what you want change with time, but what you need also does... and that has a lot to do with the aging process. An older person may not want to put up with the antics of a 20-something younger than them, and a younger person for obvious superficial reasons and serious longevity reasons may steer clear of a potential 55 year old mate. For example, when I was younger I cared arguably too much about physical beauty and fitness. Now that I'm older I think mature behavior is more important, although if I found one who was both physically fit and mature enough to handle conflict resolution peacefully (preferring to attack the problem not the person), that would be someone I would be strongly attracted to.