Interstellar Space Travel Is Possible In Our Lifetime, Here's How (As Seen In Avatar) Pics - General

The reality of space travel is rather depressing, but at least we have a chance of travelling to other systems within my lifetime (however remote, i'd more likely be dead by that time), assuming we find a very large source of antimatter :unsmith:

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;23710077]The reality of space travel is rather depressing, but at least we have a chance of travelling to other systems within my lifetime (however remote, i'd more likely be dead by that time), assuming we find a very large source of antimatter :unsmith:[/QUOTE] Even once we find it and harvest it , the "pioneers" will be humanitys elite, you will never find a "normal" person in space , only the elite.

[QUOTE=Edgeless;23710245]Even once we find it and harvest it , the "pioneers" will be humanitys elite, you will never find a "normal" person in space , only the elite.[/QUOTE]Like I said, for me it's a very small chance.

I belive NASA submitted plans to build a Verne cannon , for those who don't know what it is , its a Big fucking Gun, which can fire projectiles at hyperspeed velocitys. Humans would be killed by the thousands of G's. Cargo would be best , it would allow us to put 1000 tonnes of material in space at a time , combine that with a spaceplane transport system , we would be on mars within 20 years and would be out of the solar system within 50.

[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h3fTLn_l3pA/SxK47zDDUeI/AAAAAAAABq0/DyyOy2KPXMw/s1600/orbital+-+event+horizon.jpg[/img] Build that. And then prepare for unforseen consequences.

@Event Horizon: How to power the black hole?

[QUOTE=imadaman;23696553]Incorrect. If done as you suggest (no windows), there practically no way to detect a ship that has a hull coat that absorbs the argh 4.48 am striking, the whatever space radars would use and an internal heatsink. Except with cameras though, but the ship could be painted black.[/QUOTE] this is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read [editline]08:28PM[/editline] everything emits radiation; you can detect the infrared that it emits. [editline]08:29PM[/editline] space radars would use electromagnetic radiation, like on earth

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;23688951] [img_thumb]http://www.charlespellegrino.com/img/cp_face.jpg[/img_thumb] [B][I]THIS THREAD IS CHARLES PELLEGRINO-APPROVED[/I][/B][/QUOTE] Who the fuck is he? I wan't to know if it's Eudoxia approved.

I haven't seen Eudoxia post in ages. Is he perma'd? :ohdear:

[QUOTE=Sickle;23688804]:derp: [editline]10:34PM[/editline] Fucking hell, how many times did you watch AVATAR?[/QUOTE] Probably the same number of times as those guys who figured out the exact dimensions of the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars

[QUOTE=woodlander;23688398]The only thing hampering these designs is [b]astronomical[/b] cost.[/QUOTE] You're terrible.

That was a very informative and interesting read, OP. Bravo.

Can someone explain how radiators would work in space? I don't understand how you can dissipate heat when there are no other particles to transfer the heat energy to

[QUOTE=Callius;23712567]Can someone explain how radiators would work in space? I don't understand how you can dissipate heat when there are no other particles to transfer the heat energy to[/QUOTE]The clue is in the name. Heat is removed from a mass by 3 ways: Conduction, convection and radiation. In space, only radiation is an option.

[QUOTE=Soul-Chicken;23711951]Who the fuck is he? I wan't to know if it's Eudoxia approved.[/QUOTE] Charles Pellegrino is a guy who studies everything: Biology, History, Physics, spacey stuff and all. He's a xenobiologist (Studies alien life. Right now the field is mostly about studying places in the solar system that might hold life and design missions to those), he's also a very good writer. Wrote a few non-fiction books about Hiroshima and Jesus' family, also wrote some fiction like Flying to Valhalla and The Killing Star (I have only read the latter, and JESUS MOFO'ING CHRIST GET A COPY EVERYBODY). He worked with James Powell to create the Valkyrie antimatter rocket, which was the inspiration of Avatar's "Interstellar Vehicle (ISV) Venturestar". He's a good friend of James Cameron who hired him as a consultant for the ship and some of Pandora's xenobiology. He's a badass who should have his own show on the Discovery Channel or something. A few years ago he proposed this theory called Punctuated Equilibrium, and everyone hated on him but he was like "Haters gonna hate", because he cool like that. EDIT: So basically yes he's Eudoxia-approved :v:

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;23712700]The clue is in the name. Heat is removed from a mass by 3 ways: Conduction, convection and radiation. In space, only radiation is an option.[/QUOTE] Well there are other methods. For example draw all the waste heat in the ship to one area, like a vat of liquid sodium or something else that can take a lot of heat before melting, then periodically eject some of the material into space. :v: You lose heat fairly effectively as long as you do a lot of calculations and automate it. And it provides thermal radiation stealth if you don't eject the material for a length of time. Although you could cook the crew if it was done for too long.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;23711998]I haven't seen Eudoxia post in ages. Is he perma'd? :ohdear:[/QUOTE] No, I have been posting, but rarely post any science thread. I posted like five every day during this week, but then shit happened: 1 - Exams. THOUSANDS OF THEM OUT OF NOWHERE AND FUCKING SCHOOL ENDED LAST WEEK, I SHIT YOU NOT, WITH TWO OR THREE FINAL EXAMS EVERY SINGLE DAY OH GOD. 2 - Ran out of ideas: In short, I'm a dumbfuck who could've written the threads in text documents and posted them one per week to make them last months. Rate me dumb for being a dumbfuck.