Recent content by slarty

Thanks for all the input. A few more comments on this one: Very useful tip - thanks. I will have a play with that idea. I suspect that an iron core would still be a good thing to help protect from the solar wind / radiation effects although perhaps a little smaller and with a lot more mantle...

I am trying to figure out how to make a world where flight is a lot easier. How much easier could it be on a human (or near human) habitable world? Lower gravitational force might help although too low would presumably be untenable due to loss of the atmosphere? A higher pressure atmosphere...