Im considering an idea for a sci-fi novel but there is a lot of preliminary theroretical logistics for me understand before I know if my idea even resembles a realistically possibile scenario. I have some questions that some bright sparks out there might be able to answer.
1. To what extent, would the force created by enertia affect frozen organic material? How can I figure out what the maximum g-force tolerable to a frozen embryo would be?
2. Is it possible for an ecosystem similar to our own to occur on a planet that is completle devoid of metals? ( I think no proberly)
3. Would a nuclear energy source that is perhaps as powerful as those that exist on U.S battleships, be able to power a tiny guidance computer for a couple of hundred thousand years at least? Or does decay or something else have to be factored in?
I have lots more questions but this is enough for now.
Don't complicate too much with the novel's details.
Just put a group of ear-pointy freaks who know lots of math and that stuff.
Then put them in a space ship. Then make the ship's controls collapse
and send them to a far away land in another planet where strange,
rounded people spend all the time sitting in front of squares that
show images, while munching exotic big and fluffy pills with cream
inside... sometimes deep fried.... oh wait... sounds like... er... 😲
Space sucks!!!!
Originally posted by Quixotical1. inertia as a force is relatively undramatic, i think it is simply the mass of the person or object itself, so it would not be a problem for organic material. my guess is that a frozen empryo could tolerate a g force much higher than a normal embryo, because in a frozen state it can resist the force more effectively.
Im considering an idea for a sci-fi novel but there is a lot of preliminary theroretical logistics for me understand before I know if my idea even resembles a realistically possibile scenario. I have some questions that some bright sparks out there might be able to answer.
1. To what extent, would the force created by enertia affect frozen organic mat ...[text shortened]... omething else have to be factored in?
I have lots more questions but this is enough for now.
2. dont think its a big deal, assuming that the density of the planet and therefore gravity is created
3. decay would be an issue but would you bolt the poweer plant from a battleship onto a laptop? makes more sense to use a solar panel.
hope this helps,
ps dont forget the dilithium crystals 😀
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Originally posted by QuixoticalOnly answering the ones I know...
2. Is it possible for an ecosystem similar to our own to occur on a planet that is completle devoid of metals? ( I think no proberly)
3. Would a nuclear energy source that is perhaps as powerful as those that exist on U.S battleships, be able to power a tiny guidance computer for a couple of hundred thousand years at least? Or does decay or something else have to be factored in?
I have lots more questions but this is enough for now.
2. Not even remotely. No iron or copper, no transport of oxygen; no sodium and potassium, no nerve signals; no calcium, no bones. And forget about plants, too, at least as we know them, because chlorophyll contains magnesium. Mind you, you'd have a major problem keeping your planet metalless in the first place, since just about all nuclear fission and fusion ends up with iron or lead as the stable end products.
3. As powerful? Perhaps. You would indeed need to make it a different kind of source, since those used in battleships are made for masses of power over a somewhat long time, not for small amounts of power over an immensely long time, but in theory I think we could certainly do that today. It's just a question of choosing the right fuel. Don't ask me which fuel that would be, though.
Richard
Originally posted by eamon o1. I'm pretty sure that inertia can actually be VERY dramatic. Enough g -force could turn you into a puddle on the wall.
1. inertia as a force is relatively undramatic, i think it is simply the mass of the person or object itself, so it would not be a problem for organic material. my guess is that a frozen empryo could tolerate a g force much higher than a normal embryo, because in a frozen state it can resist the force more effectively.
2. dont think its a big deal, assum ...[text shortened]... more sense to use a solar panel.
hope this helps,
ps dont forget the dilithium crystals 😀
2. I 'm not worried about gravity I'm just not sure if organisims can come into existance and evolve without metal. ( I'm pretty sure that a fraction of our fundamental constituents are metals.)
3. Cant use a solar panel if theres no sun around! 🙂
Thanks for your suggestions.
Originally posted by Shallow BlueThanks. Yeah that makes sense. I'll post some more difficult questions next time I have time. (theres PLENTY)
Only answering the ones I know...
2. Not even remotely. No iron or copper, no transport of oxygen; no sodium and potassium, no nerve signals; no calcium, no bones. And forget about plants, too, at least as we know them, because chlorophyll contains magnesium. Mind you, you'd have a major problem keeping your planet metalless in the first place, since ...[text shortened]... uestion of choosing the right fuel. Don't ask me which fuel that would be, though.
Richard
Originally posted by Quixotical1. look up the meaning of inertia
1. I'm pretty sure that inertia can actually be VERY dramatic. Enough g -force could turn you into a puddle on the wall.
2. I 'm not worried about gravity I'm just not sure if organisims can come into existance and evolve without metal. ( I'm pretty sure that a fraction of our fundamental constituents are metals.)
3. Cant use a solar panel if theres no sun around! 🙂
Thanks for your suggestions.
3. use imagination, if theres no sun, then use an x-ray or gamma ray panel instead,
😉