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Pick a different axis (lemmy.world)

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[+] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And orbiting past each other at 15 kilometers a second

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

They're orbiting around the earth at those speeds, but the relative speed difference between two objects orbiting the same planet could be anywhere from 0km/s all the way up to the combined orbital speeds of each object(i.e if both objects are going 15km/s, then the max possible speed they could whizz past each other is 30km/s), depending on which direction the objects are traveling.

Think about cars all traveling the speed limit(say, 40km an hour) on a straight road. The cars going the same direction as each other have no speed difference, they're moving relative to the earths surface, but relative to each other they're not moving at all. The speed difference with a car going the opposite direction, on the other hand, would be 80km an hour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah, no need to scrape the hull, radio works just fine.

[–] fsxylo 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Deep space ships also wouldn't look like futuristic planes, because aerodynamics are only needed to escape earth's atmosphere. Likely we'd be building deep space ships in space, so as not to waste fuel breaking the atmosphere. Borg cube is more likely.

[–] ryathal 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Corners would suck in space unles the structure wasn't pressurized. most ships would probably be a series of tubes. They would also need to spin to allow any sort of gravity, unless we invent anti-gravity tech.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

most ships would probably be a series of tubes

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Borg have spheres, too.

[–] fsxylo 2 points 8 months ago

There may be parts that are pressurized tubes but cubes have more storage space than cylinders of the same size so the overall structure could be a cube.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

took me a second to realize "no u" was upside down and not just oddly spaced

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I am not the only one then

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good thing The Expanse is a series instead of a movie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Too bad that's not The Expanse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes? Never claimed otherwise.

My point was that there are thankfully exceptions to this prevalent trope.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I miss BSG.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

So say we all

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this https://youtu.be/Q9W7pvOLxmQ?si=LQuqHOrkwcS1wnQg

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

only god knows which direction truly is to the left