Starwhip

Oooh, now we're getting somewhere! (I was going to rep you but apparently I repped you recently and I can't... ) What reflects radio signals? Material-wise, I mean. And no, I don't want these creatures to have giant radio dishes on their heads... or anywhere else, for that matter. EDIT: OK, reflection is probably going to have to come from electrically charged areas of the organ. A "mirror" to reflect radio waves would have to be very, very thick. Think "space-telescope" thick. (Maybe not that thick, but you get the point. Not easily containable)

Is that megawatt or milliwatt? There's a big difference. I'm assuming milliwatt, and indeed, that isn't much power. Amplifier is probably going to be a must. The white blood would certainly be interesting.

Jeez, do they really start at $99? That's a lot of money... Is it cheating to render a craft, overlay it into my hand and put it here?

Design, maybe. Manufacture, eh, that's a bit harder. I'd try everything to get a NASA astronaut or other to take along the plushie in question before having a crack at a homemade sounding rocket.

The acceleration in question is the sudden decceleration of smacking into the ground.

The use of the Kerbal sprites is amusing. (Kerbal Sprite Program would be a cool thing to make. )

What are you talking about?!

Yes, those are some problems. However, in this case I think that removing the equal signs wouldn't really affect the shirt very much because the equations are complex enough to not be mistaken for letters/words.

"Constant power generation" would most likely not be a thing. In fact, that would fit both plot and plausibility. If the creature could store high-calorie molecules (Fat or something of the like) for quick use in such a "circuit", then it could use the reserve at a quick pace to generate a lot of power for a relatively short time. (Say, ten minutes of constant power) Phase three is where we start to pull everything together and actually have a working biological radio or wi-fi transmitter or whatever it ends up being. The planet is rich in minerals, so silver conductors wouldn't be so far fetched. Perhaps the plants store small bits of silver that they uptake in their leaves, which work their way up the food chain, becoming more concentrated over time (Nothing else has a use, biologically, for silver... yet) to this creature? Eh, that doesn't really work unless the method of communication develops over time, which would be possible.

Esinohio sent me a bunch of Kerbin textures, I used the color texture and the normal map from the five. I created a specular map from the color texture, and then found an 8k cloud texture online. I'd ask esinohio for the textures if you want them.

Vf -> Velocity of Fall Vi -> Initial Velocity a -> Acceleration t -> Time

As it isn't really giving anything away I think I can put this here without much harm. EDIT: Oh, yeah, the Blender Internal version:

I'd like to see this in the game myself... so I made a mod for it. +1. Also, thrust curves.

Ssh, it's a secret! This is the only sneak-peek I'll be giving you.

Or smash right into the Earth when it fails to thread the needle.

You make it equatorial, then spin it so that it crosses over the poles. And then back to the equator. If it rotated once every 48 hours it would be going at 500 miles an hour at its furthest point. If it was 96, 250 miles an hour. That right there is an engineering problem. I'm not even sure that it would generate enough power to sustain anything at that speed. (1 rev every 96 hours, not 250 miles an hour.) Speaking of which, how the heck would you power the ring itself? Solar panels? Just use the damn things to power civilization directly!

And it doesn't move.... We'd have to build a gigantic ring of wire around Earth to get any power. And then have it spin around Earth at a reasonable pace... Giving everyone an exercise bike with a dynamo would work better.

No, you're not amusing... All of my really close friends are fellow nerds. But some of my previous "friends" did not appreciate me, just like yours. If you're not good enough for him, then he is most definitely not good enough for you. *wing-hug*

It seems that the nozzles of engines are painted white for me... though I haven't grabbed an update in a while. Was this fixed?

What seems to be your problem?

I just said that....

It's a protoplanetary disk. Whoo. What the heck would we do with that? I meant that no life would develop anytime soon of much significance. The "455 light-years" meant that we're seeing it 455 years ago, not several billion, in which case life may have certainly evolved by now.

Is it actually balanced? That's been the #1 reason why I've never made a Voyager replica: They are unbalanced. I think the actual Voyager was unbalanced too, but it still bothers me...

I take your .86c and raise you a 67c...