Recent content by Erik1801

From what i understand, it is virtually impossible realistically speaking. The pressure down there is between 500 - 1500 GPa. That alone is somewhat of a problem seen as how we cant make anything of practical size that could survive these pressures. Note, the pressure at the Mariana trench is ~...

No Biggy ! I like discussions so its cool :D In my first novel (It is terrible don't ask, also Hard Sci fi but like bro what are themes ? That book certainly doesn't know) i went to the lengths of calculating all of these small things. Like how long it would take for Air to vent etc. Which, i...

Sorry for the long response time. Ill reply to both comments you made here. The first was related to Metallic Hydrogen´s stability outside the core of gas giants. So, obviously, we dont know exactly whats up with Metallic Hydrogen besides that some theory suggests it might be a Superconductor...

I can attest as much xD My first proper novel attempt had this exact issue were i focused to much on the world. I am pretty confident this current attempt is avoiding it because i actually have strong themes, character arcs and clearly defined motivations, and am just now starting to consider...

In some way it is ironic. I really tried to find something to justify all of this. But ultimatly i had to acknowledge the fact that the fast aspect is impossible as it stands. Thankfully the story itself dosnt really focus on those aspects. Still, would have been nice to have something more...

I think here we just fundamentally disagree. I don't think there is such a thing as "Spirit of exploration" with interstellar set up´s beyond sending a single probe. We see it with the Moon or Mars, both of which we could have either gone back to or got there by now. Yet we just don't really...

So, the way i have it set up rn is that this is not a Colony. Its a drilling operation. The idea is that duo to a chain of unlikely geological and astronomical events the planet of interest has metallic hydrogen in its crust. Mainly underneath the oceans because anything close to the surface has...

I would agree, you need a lot of exploration and autonomous missions ahead of time before sending the big boys. Or gals. That being said, there is a rush to get there because, well this might not be strictly legal. In that, in world Humanity has agreed that this planet with the resource (Hela)...

Here is the thing, if i raise the Particle mass yeah the ships get more acceleration. But the exhaust mass climbs fast to the point of several kg/s. Which is not going to happen within the mass limitations xD

The ramjet has to be my favored type of spacecraft :D Its just so "us". "Ah yes, space is a vacuum, but what if we just travel so fast that isnt anymore ?" Of course, this would be amazing. Which it is why it could never happen, no fun allowed in the real world ! I thought about using such a...

Hm... ok ill look at my math for fusion again. Clearly something has gone wrong. As for the power being cut, well... as my grandfather used to say, if they cut the power you will still break records as the fastest frozen corpses in history ! Always see the positive side of any situation !

As a part of the process i looked at something similar in concept, i think they called it a Fusion Highway. Basically you have a bunch of pallets layed out ahead of the ship. The ship then rams into those at every higher speeds and propels itself with pulsed fusion. What you cite here sounds...

;( I knew it was hard, but man.... its really hard to go interstellar. Also... wdym 0.1% for the love of god i see my dreams getting incinerated ! 0.1%.... that's just straight up not bussin. But is that actually the efficiency Particle accelerators work at ? I was not able to find good numbers...

So the 1000 year thing was hyperbolic. I should have included my desired timeline, which is ~7-8 years to get from Earth to the target. This is all still near future (around 2300). The reason why Humanity goes out there in the first place is because in a nearby system there is a source of...

This is my first time posting, so please excuse any mistakes. I am grasping at straws here. I am working on a Hard-Sci Fi novel, plot, arcs, characters etc. are all worked out and i decided to take the deep dive in terms of Realism. For instance, there are no Fusion reactors. All that is...